BORGES v. OUR LADY OF THE SEA CORP.

No. 90-1686.

935 F.2d 436 (1991)

John BORGES, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. OUR LADY OF THE SEA CORP., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Clinton with whom Clinton & Muzyka, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Joseph M. Orlando with whom David C. Nunheimer and Orlando & Associates, Gloucester, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this admiralty case defendant-appellant, Our Lady of the Sea Corp., appeals a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee John Borges. The appeal is somewhat unusual in that appellant does not attack head-on the finding of liability or assessment of damages. Four issues are presented to us: (1) whether plaintiff's counsel should have been disqualified; (2) whether a statement given by one of the witnesses should have been excluded...

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