Rosario v. City of Union City Police Department

OPINION

WALLS, District Judge.

Defendants Glenn Gaston, Juan Loaees, Juan Mendez, and Jose Perez (collectively the “Defendants”) move for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“j.n.o.v.”) pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(b) to set aside the jury’s cumulative award of $3 million in damages under the New Jersey Wrongful Death Act to plaintiffs William Rosario, Stephen Rosario, Esteban Rosario, Jr., and Joanne Rosario Lorenzi (collectively the “Plaintiffs”), children of the decedent, Esteban Rosario.

The parties appeared at trial earlier this year on Plaintiffs’ claims that the Defendants, all police…