United States Sixth Circuit

The district court did not commit error or prejudice an injured seaman in revoking its partial summary judgment determining that maintenance and cure had not been reached by a relevant date; unseaworthiness claim fails as evidence was insufficient to support a finding that a boat was caused to fall by a failure of existing lines on the boat.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/11/2003
• Decided 08/05/2003
• Published 08/05/2003

Judges

• Before MOORE and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges;  SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Judith A. Schornack-Smith (briefed), Joseph Kelly Carley (argued and briefed), Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, MI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph Sukup, Gruel, Mills, Nims & Plyman, Grand Rapids, MI, Joseph Sukup, Sukup & Grimm, Grand Rapids, MI, Robert D. Nienhuis (argued and briefed), Goldstein & Price, St. Louis, MO, Paul D. Galea (argued and briefed), Foster, Meadows & Ballard, Detroit, MI, for Defendants-Appellees.