Legal Opinion
Bukowski v. Geo. A. Hormel & Co.
District Court, S.D. Iowa
Decided July 28, 1994No. Civ. No. 4-91-CV-20529Published
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL
BREMER, United States Magistrate Judge.
The court has before it Plaintiffs’ resisted motion for new trial pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59. The trial commenced on April 26, 1994, and the jury returned its verdict on May 6, 1994. The verdict was favorable to Defendants because Plaintiff James Bukowski’s employer was found to be the sole proximate cause of his injuries.
Plaintiffs raise three issues in support of their motion for new trial: first, that the jury verdict returned in favor of the Defendants is contrary to the weight of the…
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