Legal Opinion
Swans v. City of Lansing
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided November 9, 1998No. 5:96-cv-00056PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ENSLEN Chief Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Defendants’ Motion for Remittitur, Motion for New Trial, Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law and Plaintiffs Motion for Costs and Attorney Fees. The Court addresses these Motions in the context of the evidence heard by the jury at trial.
J. Summary of Trial Testimony
This case was tried to a jury over twenty-seven days. The jury heard, saw, and touched extensive evidence, including hundreds of documents, photographs, videotape, physical restraints, autopsy reports, the lay and expert testimony of over 30 witnesses, and site visits…
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