Shaham v. Capparelli

The plaintiff, Basma Shaham, appeals from the judgment of the trial court that awarded her $11,300 from the defendants, John Capparelli and *469Robert Mendola,1 after a jury trial. The plaintiff challenges three of the trial court’s rulings: (1) excluding certain evidence that was offered in rebuttal; (2) giving a jury instruction on adverse inference; and (3) denying the plaintiff’s motions to set aside the verdict and for additur. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury could have reasonably found the following facts. On January 20,1983, while inspecting the defendants’ vacant…