Legal Opinion
Eaton v. Penn-America Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 23, 2010No. 10-1273PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal traces its genesis to a fracas at a nightclub. At this stage of the proceedings, there is no genuine dispute about the material facts. We rehearse them briefly.
On the evening of November 23, 2005, plaintiff-appellant Zachary Eaton went to a nightclub in Orono, Maine. Another patron, not related to the appellant, behaved inappropriately while dancing in the mosh pit. The club’s bouncer sought to eject the unruly patron. The patron resisted, and the bouncer resorted to force.
In the course of the ensuing skirmish, the bouncer kicked open a glass-and-aluminum…
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