Finch v. Pers

OPINION OF THE COURT

NEWMAN, Senior Judge

of the United States Court of International Trade, sitting as a United States District Court Judge by designation:

INTRODUCTION

This is a negligence action tried to a jury under the court’s diversity jurisdiction (28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)) wherein plaintiff, a resident of The Bronx, New York, seeks recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained when she was blown down by a sudden gust wind on the premises of the defendant cooperative apartment building known as Mediterranean Towers, in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

At the completion of the opening statements,…