Lachira v. Sutton

Opinion

DiPENTIMA, C. J.

The plaintiff Minerva Lachira1 appeals from the denial of her motion to set aside the jury’s verdict in favor of the defendants James J. Sutton (Sutton) and Stanford Guy Sutton, executor of the estate of Stanford H. Sutton.2 On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion to set aside the verdict. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. The relationship between the plaintiff and her landlord, Stanford H. Sutton, which had begun in 1999, was fraught with conflict.…