Legal Opinion
Correia v. Fitzgerald
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 31, 2003No. 02-1417PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
The appellants in this tort action profess disappointment with the jury’s take-nothing verdict and invite us to order a new trial. Finding their disappointment understandable but their arguments unpersuasive, we decline the invitation.
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Background
The facts are straightforward. On February 5, 1997, plaintiffs-appellants Beverly Correia and John Carvalho were passengers in a car heading eastbound on Route 195 in Seekonk, Massachusetts. The driver, Russell Machado, was proceeding in the far left-hand lane of a six-lane divided highway. At the same time and place,…
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