A barge company argues that a man’s lawsuit alleging he slipped on ice, fell into the Mississippi River during a snowstorm and became trapped under the barge should be dismissed because the incident was the result of the natural accumulation of snow and ice and was not foreseeable.
EDWARDSVILLE A man claims he suffered a knee injury when he was denied the use of metal steps to board a barge while working for Mid-America Fuels on the Mississippi River.