Legal Opinion
Licciardi v. TIG Insurance Group
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 13, 1998No. 97-2008PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The malfunction of the Free Fall ride in a Rhode Island amusement park caused it to stop unexpectedly on the upper runoff track. The passengers were jolted. One passenger, Becky Lieciardi, then 20 years old, complained that her side and ribs hurt and that she was bruised. She later developed a far more serious condition, fibromyalgia, which she believed was caused by the trauma to her from the accident. She sued the park, which was in bankruptcy, and the park’s insurer was substituted as defendant. See R.I. Gen. Laws § 27-7-1 (1994).
After an eight day trial, a jury…
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