Legal Opinion
Gil De Rebollo v. Miami Heat Associations, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 6, 1998No. 19-1233PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DiCLERICO, District Judge.
The plaintiff-appellant, Yvonne Gil Bonar de Rebollo, was injured by defendant-appel-lee, Wes Lockard, who portrays “Burnie,” the mascot of co-defendant-appellee, Miami Heat Limited Partnership. 1 The plaintiff brought a tort action seeking damages. In the first trial, the jury awarded the plaintiff $10,000 but the trial court found that the verdict was most likely the result of bias or compromise and set it aside. After a second trial, the jury awarded the plaintiff $50,000. The district court also awarded the defendants costs which they incurred after an offer of…
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