McAvey v. Chen-Horng Lee

ORDER AND REASONS

LEMMON, District Judge.

IT IS ORDERED that First Financial Insurance Company’s “Motion for New Trial and Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law,” pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) and 59, are DENIED. Document #94.

In its motion for a New Trial and Judgment as a Matter of Law, First Financial Insurance Company (First Financial), the insurer of the Tomfort Lodge, argues that the Court should have instructed the jury to quantify the fault of the intentional tort-feasors.

Wiliam J. McAvey; a long-distance moving van operator, checked into the Tomfort Lodge, owned by Chen-Horng Lee and…