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Before Boudin, Gajarsa *fn1 and Thompson, Circuit Judges.

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,*fn2 ship unseaworthiness, and a right to maintenance and cure.*fn3 A jury returned a verdict in Bielunas’s favor, and the district judge entered judgment against Misty Dawn for $2,307,690. In this arena, Misty Dawn criticizes the district judge for admitting certain evidence and denying a motion for new trial or remittitur. Detecting no hint of reversible error, we affirm the judgment below.

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