Choy v. Faraldo

The defendants below, Geoffrey Choy and Meric Homes, L.L.C. (“Meric”), appeal the trial court’s order granting plaintiff Sandra Faraldo’s motion for new trial on the issues of both liability and damages. We find that the trial court acted within its discretion in granting a new trial on the issue of damages and finding that defense counsel offered inflammatory closing argument which had an unduly prejudicial effect upon the jury. However, we also hold that the court erred in granting a new trial on the issue of liability in that the improper argument was directed exclusively toward the extent…