United States First Circuit

In this commercial dispute between two business rivals in which plaintiff charged the defendant with tortious interference and defamation, the jury returned a take-nothing verdict and the district court denied plaintiff's post-trial motions and awarded costs to defendant. Judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed, where, though plaintiff requested a jury poll (Federal Rules of Procedure 48(c)) and did not receive one, a party who requests a jury poll must act reasonably to preserve its rights and, in the circumstances of this case, plaintiff did not do so.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2014
• Published 12/19/2014

Judges

• Selya

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel