Zacarelli v. American Medical Response of Massachusetts, Inc.

Gordon, Robert B., J.

Presented for decision is Defendant American Medical Response of Massachusetts, Inc.’s Motion for New Trial or Remittitur. This motion follows a seven-day jury trial that produced a verdict for the plaintiff on each of two Wrongful Death Act claims in the cumulative amount of $1,500,000.00. The jury found AMR’s Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) to have been negligent in causing Barbara Grimes’ death, and awarded damages to the Grimes estate under G.L.c. 229, Sec. 6 for the decedent’s conscious pain and suffering in the amount of $1,425,000.00. The jury additionally…