Lapierre v. Sawyer

The plaintiff in this case suffered a debilitating eye injury when, during a racquetball doubles match, he was struck by a ball hit by the defendant. Marcel H. Lapierre, the plaintiff, subsequently sued David Sawyer, the defendant, in a negligence action to recover damages for his injury. Following a trial in the Superior Court (Mangones, J.), the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff now appeals certain of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings. We affirm those rulings.

The plaintiff’s theory of liability at trial was that the defendant, because of his temper, negligently…