Legal Opinion
Cruz v. MUNICIPALITY OF DORADO
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 3, 2011No. Civil 09-1088 (JA)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JUSTO ARENAS, United States Magistrate Judge.
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
The jury trial in this case was interrupted in its eighth day on Monday, February 28, 2011. Then counsel for the defendant apparently arrived at the courthouse. At the time he was scheduled to continue the cross-examination of a witness called by plaintiff but associated with the defendant, he decided to see his attending physician. Counsel excused himself with an attorney who assisted him during trial, but who was not admitted pro hac vice and is not a member of the bar of this court. Information eventually…
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