Bourque v. Essex Insurance Co.

SAUNDERS, Judge.

[ y This is a personal injury case wherein the plaintiff contends that she suffered damages from the fall of an improperly installed kitchen light fixture on August 19, 2002. The defendants contend that the plaintiff failed to carry her burden to prove that this accident occurred or, alternatively, that she was injured by the falling fixture.

Two separate jury trials were completed. In both, a compound jury interrogatory asked whether the plaintiff carried her burden to prove that an accident occurred that injured her. The jury’s negative response in both trials left this court…