Legal Opinion

Goodman v. Bowdoin College

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 19, 2004No. 02-2437, 03-2338PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

In a case that began with a snowball and culminated in a seven-day jury trial, plaintiff George Goodman challenges the district court’s rulings on two motions for judgment as a matter of law and contends that the jury instructions on his breach of contract claim were erroneous. He also appeals the district court’s denial of his motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) on the basis of discovery misconduct. We affirm.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

The March 19, 1999 Incident

Just after midnight on March 19, 1999, George Goodman, a student at…

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