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BIELUNAS v. F/V MISTY DAWN, INC.

No. 09-2048.

621 F.3d 72 (2010)

Wojciech BIELUNAS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. F/V MISTY DAWN, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 8, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Regan , with whom John David Blaisdell and Regan & Kelley LLP were on brief, for appellant.

Joseph S. Stacey , with whom James P. Jacobsen and Beard Stacey & Jacobsen LLP were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, GAJARSA and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

This case—according to Wojciech Bielunas—is about life-altering pain. Working as a commercial fisherman aboard the F/V SEA WATCHER I, Bielunas had his right foot crushed in a ghastly accident. An orthopedic surgeon said it looked like someone had taken a sledgehammer to Bielunas's foot. His livelihood lost, Bielunas later sued the vessel's owner, F/V Misty Dawn, Inc., charging Jones Act negligence,1

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