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BUTLER v. AMERICAN TRAWLER CO., INC.

No. 89-1204.

887 F.2d 20 (1989)

Barbara BUTLER, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AMERICAN TRAWLER COMPANY, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Beals, with whom Naomi Honeth, Portland, Me., was on brief for plaintiff-appellant.

Elizabeth A. Olivier, with whom Keith A. Powers and Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, Me., were on brief for defendant-appellee.

Before BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

Barbara Butler, the appellant, says that on May 8, 1984 she tried to board a ship, the Sea Lion VII, which was docked in Newington, New Hampshire. As she reached the end of the wharf, she noticed that the ladder from wharf to ship was not usable. She therefore decided to climb down the rigging of the ship (which was just next to the wharf). She severely injured her finger in the ship's rigging. She

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