Legal Opinion
Taylor v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 4, 1994No. 1:93-cr-00535PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
BARTELS, District Judge.
Defendant National Railroad Passenger Corporation (“Amtrak”) moves this Court under Rules 50(b) and 59(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for an order setting aside the jury verdict and entering judgment in its favor, or alternatively granting defendant a new trial. Defendant urges that extraneous juror communication and adverse publicity tainted the results of the trial, and that the jury awarded excessive damages. For the reasons set forth below, the Court finds that although no outside influence compromised the verdict, the…
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