Legal Opinion
Boothby v. Texon, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 4, 1993PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The parties have now been through two trials of the same issues. 2 After the first verdict in favor of the plaintiff,. Colin E. Boothby, the judge allowed the motion of Texon, Inc. (Texan), for a new trial, determining that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. At the second trial with a different judge, the jury again awarded Boothby significant damages. Each party has appealed. 3 Texon challenges, under various theories, the denials in both trials of motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a third trial. Boothby appeals the judge’s allowance; in the first…
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