Legal Opinion
Crispin-Taveras v. Municipality of Carolina
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 25, 2011No. 09-2625, 09-2626PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellee Yonatta Crispin-Taveras (“Crispin”) brought a civil rights action against Defendants-Appellants Municipality of Carolina (the “Municipality”) and various Municipality police officers. The district court defaulted the defendants for discovery violations. After a jury trial on damages, the district court entered a judgment in favor of Crispin in the amount of $75,000. The Municipality and the individual officers now appeal, challenging the default sanction, the admission of psychological treatment evidence, the jury instructions, and the sufficiency of…
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