Legal Opinion
John T. KEARNS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. KEYSTONE SHIPPING COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 22, 1988No. 88-1655PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.
At the close of a three-day trial on the plaintiff’s age discrimination claim, the jury retired at 3:25 in the afternoon to deliberate. After failing to reach a verdict, the jury was excused at 4:10 p.m. and resumed its deliberations the following morning at 9:30. At 10:08 that morning, after a total of one hour and eighteen minutes of deliberation over two days, the jury returned its verdict for the plaintiff and awarded him $99,000 in back pay. Finding that the verdict went against the clear weight of the evidence, Judge Mazzone of the United States District…
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3Cited by39 opinions
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