COTE v. GENTILE

Civ. No. 9978.

257 F.Supp. 603 (1966)

Donat F. COTE, Plaintiff, v. Frank GENTILE and Frances B. Gentile, Defendants.

United States District Court D. of Connecticut.

July 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Gillooly and John R. McGrail, of Gillooly, Eastman & McGrail, New Haven, Conn., for plaintiff.

Morris Tyler and Kimberly B. Cheney, of Gumbart, Corbin, Tyler & Cooper, New Haven, Conn., for defendants.


TIMBERS, Chief Judge.

The chief question presented by defendants' motion, pursuant to Rules 50 (b) and 59, Fed.R.Civ.P., for judgment N.O.V. or, in the alternative, for a new trial, is whether the jury's verdict of $33,000 in favor of plaintiff in this case of admitted negligence on the part of defendants is so "fantastic" as to be excessive. Diapulse Corporation v. Birtcher Corporation, 362 F.2d 736, 744 (2 Cir. 1966); La France...

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