Legal Opinion
Estate of Brutsche v. City of Federal Way
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 19, 2008No. 07-35424PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
The Estate appeals from a jury verdict in favor of the appellees, alleging that the trial court 1) failed to give proper jury instructions, 2) improperly excluded evidence, and 3) incorrectly determined that collateral estoppel barred its property damage, trespass, and waste claims. We affirm.
The district court did not err in instructing the jury. The instructions as a whole correctly stated the substance of the law and were not misleading. See Fikes v. Cleghorn, 47 F.3d 1011, 1013 (9th Cir. 1995). The Estate’s argument that the district court erred in not offering its suggested…
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