Judge told to do more than shrug after Miami jury returns $20M verdict over hand injury
MIAMI (Legal Newsline) – Royal Caribbean Cruises might yet shrink a $20 million verdict against it in a lawsuit brought by an employee whose hand was crushed in a door and subsequently complained of chronic pain but has since been filmed using it to perform everyday activities. That’s because the Miami trial judge, Reemberto Diaz, failed to properly consider the company’s arguments that the verdict was totally out of line with other cases alleging similar injuries and was the result of unfair juror passion, an appeals court has ruled. Diaz simply stated that he believed in the jury’s ...
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