Legal Opinion
Carlos Torres-Troche v. Municipality of Yauco
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 9, 1989No. 88-1840PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:
In this personal injury case the plaintiffs/appellants seek to set aside a jury verdict. They contend that the trial court abused its discretion in denying a new trial. The plaintiffs also contend the district court erred in changing the judgment to reflect that the verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $21,000 was subsumed in a pre-trial settlement with the insurer for $100,000.
Carlos Torres Troche was jogging on a highway near Yauco, Puerto Rico in the early morning hours of February 22, 1984 when he was struck and killed by an ambulance owned by the…
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- Eugene B. Kassman v. The American University. Appeal of Lloyd UltanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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