Legal Opinion
Gomez Vazquez v. Diaz Colon
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided March 30, 2000No. Civil 96-1203 (HL)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAFFITTE, Chief Judge.
Before the Court are the parties’ various post-trial motions. In this political discrimination suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a three-day jury trial was held on December 15-17, 1997. The jury returned a verdict in favor of Plaintiff Ana E. Gomez Vazquez (“Gomez”), awarding her both compensatory and punitive damages. The verdict was rendered en masse against the defendants in the case, without differentiating between them. The defendants are the may- or Yabucoa, Luis F. Diaz Colon (“Diaz”), and the Municipality of Yabucoa itself. Diaz is sued in both his…
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