Brissette v. Ryan

McDonough, Edward J., J.

After a jury verdict finding the defendants to have committed legal negligence and awarding the plaintiff $100,000 in damages, the defendants filed a Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict and a Motion for New Trial. The defendants challenge the verdict as being against the weight of the evidence and argue that the verdict and award was improperly grounded in sympathy and speculative damages.

After a hearing at which both sides submitted memoranda and oral argument, the defendants’ Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict is allowed.

BACKGROUND

This is an…