Legal Opinion
Bouret-Echevarría v. Caribbean Aviation Maintenance Corp.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 2015No. 13-2549PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case arose from a helicopter crash in November 2008 that killed a passenger in the helicopter, Diego Vidal-Gonzalez. The decedent’s widow, Dr. Lizzette BoureNEchevarria, and her three minor children (together “appellants”), brought a products liability action against the helicopter’s manufacturer and repair company. The jury absolved all defendants of liability.
Appellants claim that eighteen months after the jury returned its verdict, they were told that the verdict was influenced by the jurors’ improper knowledge of a confidential settlement offer. In this appeal,…
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