Legal Opinion
Mejias-Aguayo v. Doreste-Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 12, 2017No. 16-1886PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Chief Judge.
Following an unfortunate car accident, injured pedestrian José Mejias-Aguayo filed a negligence action against the vehicle’s driver Juan Doreste-Rodriguez and Doreste’s insurance company Universal Insurance Company (“Universal”).' After a four-day jury trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants. Mejias then filed á motion for a new trial, which the. district court denied. 1 Mejias now appeals this denial, maintaining that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and that certain statements by defense counsel and erroneous jury instructions…
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