LICCIARDI v. TIG INS. GROUP

No. 97-2008.

140 F.3d 357 (1998)

Becky J. LICCIARDI, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TIG INSURANCE GROUP, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Glazer, with whom Frank E. Glazer, Anthony R. Orlando and Law Offices of Leonard Glazer, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellant.

Carol A. Griffin, Boston, MA, with whom Mark T. Nugent, Providence, RI and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

The malfunction of the Free Fall ride in a Rhode Island amusement park caused it to stop unexpectedly on the upper runoff track. The passengers were jolted. One passenger, Becky Licciardi, then 20 years old, complained that her side and ribs hurt and that she was bruised. She later developed a far more serious condition, fibromyalgia, which she believed was caused by the trauma to her from the accident. She sued the park, which was in bankruptcy...

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