Court of Appeals for the First Circuit January 10, 2002, 00-1688 (Robert F. Gifford v. American Canadian Caribbean Line, Inc.)

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LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Robert F. Gifford, the captain of a cruise ship, was injured when he fell out of a small rescue boat used by the ship and was struck on the leg by the boat’s outboard motor. Claiming that the district court gave the jury an erroneous instruction on causation, he appeals a jury verdict finding the operator, American Canadian Caribbean Line, Inc.