Grande v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance

ORDER ON MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW AND MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL

WOODCOCK, JR., District Judge.

In light of the law determined by the First Circuit in its opinion and the facts found by the jury in its verdict, the Court denies Defendants’ motion for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial.

I. STATEMENT OF FACTS

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Frank P. Grande (Frank P.) owned and chartered, off the coast of Maine, a 25 foot sailing vessel, the APHRODITE. Like many boat owners, he began to long for something bigger and in the spring of 2003, while visiting his wealthy Texas cousin,…