Kevin T. Dowling v. American Hawaii Cruises, Inc.

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Kevin T. Dowling sued Appel-lee American Hawaii Cruises, Inc. (“AHC”), under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, and general maritime law, for injuries he suffered while working aboard AHC’s ship the S.S. Independence. The case went to a jury, which found against Dowling on the grounds that AHC was not negligent and that the S.S. Independence was seaworthy. Dowling claims that the district court erred both by finding that the minutes of meetings of the ship’s safety committee were privileged and therefore immune from discovery, and by applying the…