Abston v. Kelley Bros. Contractors

ORDER

HAND, Senior District Judge.

This action came on for jury selection on January 5, 1998, and then for trial before such jury on January 13,14 and 15,1998. At the close of the plaintiffs’ case and again at the conclusion of all the evidence, the defendant moved for judgment as a matter of law. Upon consideration of defendant’s motions, the arguments of counsel in support of and opposition to the motions and the record as a whole, the Court concluded that defendants’ motions were due to be granted in part and denied in part.

In this action the plaintiffs seek the imposition of punitive…