Legal Opinion
Falkowski v. Johnson
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided April 15, 1993No. Civ. A. No. 91-490 MMSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, Senior District Judge.
Defendants, Lemuel A. Johnson and S.C.L. Construction, Inc., have moved pursuant to Rule 59 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for a new trial or alternatively for re-mittitur. Docket Item (D.I.) 34. After a three day trial, the jury returned a verdict of $250,000 for plaintiff Brenda Falkowski and $10,000 for her husband, plaintiff Edward Falkowski. D.I. 31. A new trial will be ordered by reason of inappropriate comments of plaintiffs’ lead counsel during his closing summation. Accordingly, the motion for remittitur will not be addressed.
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