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GIL DE REBOLLO v. MIAMI HEAT ASSOCIATIONS, INC.

Nos. 97-1361, 97-1622 and 97-1830.

137 F.3d 56 (1998)

Yvonne GIL DE REBOLLO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The MIAMI HEAT ASSOCIATIONS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees. Yvonne GIL DE REBOLLO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The MIAMI HEAT ASSOCIATIONS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Little, Jr., Fresno, CA, with whom David Efrón and Law Offices David Efrón, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for appellant.

Ricardo F. Casellas, with whom Rodríguez & Casellas, Hato Rey, PR, was on brief, for appellees.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and DiCLERICO, District Judge.

DiCLERICO, District Judge.

The plaintiff-appellant, Yvonne Gil Bonar de Rebollo, was injured by defendant-appellee, Wes Lockard, who portrays "Burnie," the mascot of co-defendant-appellee, Miami Heat Limited Partnership.1 The plaintiff brought a tort action seeking damages. In the first trial, the jury awarded the plaintiff $10,000 but the trial court found that the verdict was most likely the result of bias or compromise and set it aside...

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