SAILOR INC. F/V v. CITY OF ROCKLAND

No. 05-1141.

428 F.3d 348 (2005)

SAILOR INCORPORATED F/V, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. CITY OF ROCKLAND, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 4, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Welte with whom Welte & Welte, P.A. was on brief for appellant.

Clayton N. Howard with whom Howard & Bowie, P.A. was on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from the sinking of a fishing vessel, the M/V SAILOR ("SAILOR"), while docked at the Rockland Fish Pier ("Fish Pier") owned by the City of Rockland, Maine ("Rockland"). A jury found that Rockland's negligence caused the sinking, and it awarded damages to the company that owned the vessel in the amount of $202,088. Rockland now appeals, seeking reversal of the district judge's denial of its motions for judgment as a matter of...

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