Legal Opinion
Beswick v. Maguire
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 2, 2000No. 1808PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCavanaugh, J.
¶ 1 Did the trial court err in refusing to grant a new trial to the appellants Be-swicks on the basis that the jury award in their favor was inadequate to a degree that a new trial should be awarded?
¶ 2 This is a lawsuit for personal injuries to Paul Beswick and loss of consortium damages claimed by his wife as the result of injuries suffered by Beswick in a motor vehicle accident of February 3, 1995 wherein Beswick was a passenger in a vehicle operated by the appellee, Frederic B. Maguire.
¶ 3 At the conclusion of the jury trial, the 8-person jury unanimously agreed upon a verdict which found…
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