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GIFFORD v. AMERICAN CANADIAN CARIBBEAN LINE, INC.

No. 00-1688.

276 F.3d 80 (2002)

Robert F. GIFFORD, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AMERICAN CANADIAN CARIBBEAN LINE, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Anderson, with whom David J. Berg and Latti & Anderson LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Brian B. Kydd, with whom Kneeland & Kydd were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

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. ("ACCL"), not liable for his injuries. Because the jury instructions...

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