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AMERICAN RIVER TRANSP. CO. v. PHELPS

No. 00-CV-0045-MJR.

189 F.Supp.2d 835 (2001)

AMERICAN RIVER TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Plaintiff/Petitioner, v. Charles PHELPS and American Commercial Barge Line Company, Claimants/Respondents.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois.

August 2, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teresa A. McNail, Goldstein & Price, St. Louis, MO, for American River Transportation Co.

Grey R. Chatham, Sr., Chatham & Babka, Belleville, IL, for Charles Phelps.

Ronald E. Fox, Fox, Galvin, LLC, St. Louis, MO, for American Commercial Barge Line Co.

ORDER FOLLOWING BENCH TRIAL

REAGAN, District Judge.

I. Introduction

On July 17, 1997, Charles Phelps, a deckhand employed by American Commercial Barge Lines, was injured on a barge owned by American River Transportation Company. In February 1998, Phelps sued American Commercial Barge Lines ("ACBL") in the Circuit Court of Madison County, Illinois under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, et seq. ACBL filed...

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