Legal Opinion
Franceschi v. Hospital General San Carlos, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 24, 2005No. 04-2104, 04-2105PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Dr. Porfirio Franceschi, a physician, had a contract dispute with the hospital that employed him. The contract had an arbitration clause, and the parties attempted to select an arbitral panel. For various reasons, the arbitration never happened. Instead, the dispute was eventually tried to a jury, which returned a verdict for Dr. Franceschi on both contract damages and compensatory damages for emotional distress. On the hospital’s motion for new trial or remittitur, the court substantially reduced the emotional damages award.
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