Legal Opinion
Coyante v. Puerto Rico Ports Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 23, 1997No. 95-2050PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DiCLERICO, Chief District Judge.
The plaintiff, Rossy Coyante, filed a complaint against the defendants, Puerto Rico Ports Authority (“Ports Authority”) and Mangual Maintenance Services, Inc. (“Man-gual”), seeking damages she claims to have suffered as a result of slipping and falling on certain premises allegedly owned or controlled by the defendants. Following nine days of testimony at trial, the plaintiff rested and the defendants moved for judgment as a matter of law under Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a) asserting that the plaintiff had produced no evidence to establish that the defendants owned or…
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