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FALCONER v. PENN MARITIME, INC.

No. CIV.05-42-B-W.

421 F.Supp.2d 190 (2006)

Bruce FALCONER, Plaintiff, v. PENN MARITIME, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

March 10, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carolyn M. Latti, David F. Anderson, David J. Berg, Latti & Anderson LLP, Boston, MA, for Bruce Falconer, Plaintiff.

James M. Kenny, Joseph T. Stearns, Noreen Dever Arralde, Kenny, Stearns and Zonghetti, New York, NY, David C. King, Rudman & Winchell, Bangor, ME, for Penn Maritime Inc, Defendant.

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL

WOODCOCK, District Judge.

On July 30, 2000, Bruce Falconer, an Assistant Engineer for Penn Maritime, fell into an open hatch on Penn Maritime's tug, the VALIANT, dropped approximately fourteen feet, and sustained a crush injury to his thoracic spine, rendering him paralyzed below his mid-chest. Mr. Falconer filed a Jones Act and unseaworthiness claim against his employer. After a three-week trial, the jury returned...

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