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"GALVESTON &Atilde;&macr;&Acirc;&iquest;&Acirc;&frac12; After being ejected from their fishing boat, four Galveston County residents have filed suit against Weeks Marine Inc.<br /><br />Jefferson D. Huddleston, Geraldine A. Anderson, Carrie A. Boyd and Granger A. Gardner claim a hidden dredging line belonging to the marine transportation company struck a 30-foot Mako on which they rode as it navigated through Galveston Bay near the Texas City Dyke, according to a lawsuit filed Feb. 9 in Galveston County District Court.<br /><br />The complainants say that the encounter with the line on the night of Sept. 12 caused them to be thrown into the water and rendered the vessel a total loss, adding they were not aware that Weeks was conducting dredging operations in the area.<br /><br />\"There were no buoys, signs, lights or other navigational aids or markings to indicate the location of the dredging lines,\" the original petition says. \"As a result, the plaintiffs suffered severe and disabling injuries.\"<br /><br />The suit ultimately argues that the defendant violated federal law when it left the line unmarked.<br /><br />Consequently, the plaintiffs seek unspecified monetary damages and a jury trial.<br /><br />The Collings Law Firm PLLC is representing the complainants and Galveston County 212th District Court Judge Susan Criss is presiding over the case.<br /><br /><em>Case No. 11-cv-0207</em><br />  <br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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