Legal Opinion
Ford v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance
District Court, D. Maine
Decided August 1, 2002No. CIV. 01-133-P-HPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL
HORNBY, Chief Judge.
The issues on this Rule 59 motion for new trial are whether I:(l) improperly forced a stipulation of damages upon the plaintiffs; (2) improperly allowed the defendant’s accident reconstruction expert to testify; or (3) improperly declined to order the same witness to remove an American flag pin from his lapel. The plaintiffs’ motion for new trial is Denied.
Background
The testimony at trial revealed that Susan Ford and her two sisters were heading for the airport in Las Vegas in the pre dawn hours of March 6, 2000, to catch a plane…
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