Legal Opinion
Juan Parrilla Lopez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 5, 1985No. 84-1538PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant sued the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act for damages stemming from an accident involving his vehicle and a vehicle driven by a U.S. Army officer. He argues on appeal that the district court erred in excluding psychiatric testimony and other evidence of mental damages at the trial, in refusing to allow a continuance after excluding the evidence as the trial was about to start, and in finding that plaintiff was 70 percent at fault and entitled to only $1,500 in damages. We conclude that the district court’s decision to exclude the evidence about…
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