Legal Opinion
Conjugal Partnership Comprised by Jones v. Conjugal Partnership Comprised of Pineda
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 4, 1994No. 93-1404PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a breach of contract action arising out of a dispute between two court reporters in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. The appeal involves two jury trials. In the first trial, a jury found in favor of plaintiff, Joseph Jones, and awarded him $225,000 in damages. The district court granted a postjudgment motion by defendant, Arthur Pineda, 1 vacated the judgment, and ordered plaintiff to remit $140,000 or submit to a new trial on damages. Plaintiff refused to accept the remittitur, and proceeded to trial. This time around he…
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