CORREIA v. FITZGERALD

No. 02-1417.

354 F.3d 47 (2003)

Beverly CORREIA and John Carvalho, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Kevin FITZGERALD, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce A. Assad for appellants.

Melody A. Alger, with whom Baluch, Gianfrancesco, Mathieu & Szerlag was on brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The appellants in this tort action profess disappointment with the jury's take-nothing verdict and invite us to order a new trial. Finding their disappointment understandable but their arguments unpersuasive, we decline the invitation.

I.

Background

The facts are straightforward. On February 5, 1997, plaintiffs-appellants Beverly Correia and John Carvalho were passengers in a car heading eastbound on...

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