Legal Opinion
Santos v. Posadas De Puerto Rico Associates, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 29, 2006No. 05-2070PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In this slip-and-fall action, brought under diversity jurisdiction, see 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), the plaintiffs won a total of $1,250,000 in damages. On appeal, the defendant presses four claims of error. None has merit. Consequently, we affirm the judgment below.
I
Background
The jury supportably could have found the following facts. On October 16, 2003, the plaintiffs, Francis Santos and his wife, Diane, then visiting Puerto Rico from Massachusetts, were guests at the Wyndham Condado Plaza Hotel and Casino (the Hotel). As Santos entered the Hotel’s pool, he slipped and fell,…
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