ST. LOUIS – A Jones Act seaman alleges he was injured while working on a vessel on the Mississippi River in St. Louis.
Jamie Brinkley filed a complaint on Dec. 4 in the St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court against J. B. Marine Service Inc. citing the Jones Act.
According to the complaint, on Dec. 21, 2015, the plaintiff was a deckhand/welder aboard defendant's M/V Christina Marie and was injured when a clamp on a barge cover he was attempting to open malfunctioned and caused him to fall.
The plaintiff holds J B Marine Service Inc. responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to provide safe tools and equipment and failed to provide adequate staff and trained crew.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment against defendant in an amount of more than $25,000, with interest, costs and all other relief that is proper and just. He is represented by James N. Guirl II of Guirl Law Firm in St. Louis.
St. Louis 22nd Judicial Circuit Court case number 1822-cc11763