Legal Opinion
Pessotti v. Eagle Manufacturing Co.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 8, 1990No. Civ. A. 80-1707-KPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KEETON, District Judge.
Before the court are defendant’s post-trial motions, pursuant to Rule 50, for judgment notwithstanding a verdict for the plaintiff and, in the alternative for new trial (Docket No. 175, filed August 10, 1990). This Opinion recites, in Part I, the chronology of the injury and the course of this litigation, and addresses, in Parts II-VII, issues bearing upon the present motions.
I
On May 12, 1979, plaintiff was removing carpeting from his kitchen. Some of the glue that had been used to cement the carpeting to the floor stuck to the linoleum below. To remove the glue,…
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