Background:
Before this Court was defendants', Cargill Incorporated, American Commercial Lines, motions for summary judgment.

Plaintiff, Carter McEuen, was  injured while opening a roll-top barge cover as a deckhand aboard the M/V Tom Edwards, owned and operated by Lower Illinois Towing Company.  Lower Illinois was McEuen's employer.

Background:
Plaintiff, Brett Kurpiel, filed this action under the Jones Act alleging he sustained injuries while working for defendant, Calumet River Fleeting, Inc. Kurpiel alleged his injuries were a result of Calumet's negligence and unseaworthiness of their vessel.

Background:
Before this Court is an action pursuant to the Limitation of Liability Act. Defendant, Julio Angel Velez, filed a motion to dismiss MLC's Limitation claim arguing that the accident did not invoke the court's admiralty jurisdiction because the accident did not occur aboard MLC's vessel.

In order to board the vessel from the marina, Velez had to descend a metal ramp which is not attached permanently to the land or the vessel. The ramp leads to a floating dock, which must be traversed to access the steps to the vessel.

Background:
Plaintiff, Pan Quan Ru, filed this action under the Jones Act, general maritime law, and the savings to suitor's clause asserting negligence, unseaworthiness, and seeking general and punitive damages.