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                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

        No. 96-1522

                                   ELAINE OLIVEIRA,

                                Plaintiff, Appellant,

                                          v.

                              U-HAUL COMPANY OF INDIANA,

                                 Defendant, Appellee.

                                                     
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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

                     [Hon. Ernest C. Torres, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                 Cyr, Circuit Judge,
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                     Aldrich and Campbell, Senior Circuit Judges.
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             Timothy D. O'Hara, with whom Resmini, O'Hara, Cantor & Resmini
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        was on brief for appellant.
             Jeffrey C. Schreck, with whom Brown, Rudnick, Freed & Gesmer was
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        on brief for appellee.

                                                     
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                                  December 17, 1996
                                                     
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                    Per  Curiam.    Plaintiff  Elaine  Oliveira  appeals  a
                    Per  Curiam.
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          district court ruling denying  a new jury trial, see Fed. R. Civ.
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          P.  59, on  her  tort claim  against  U-Haul Company  of  Indiana

          alleging  that U-Haul was jointly  and severally liable for inju-

          ries she  sustained when struck by a U-Haul vehicle.  As the jury

          found  that the driver was not negligent, judgment entered for U-

          Haul.  Oliveira claims the verdict went against the weight of the

          evidence. 

                    We review the denial of a motion for new trial only for

          abuse of discretion.  See Lamas v. Borras, 16 F.3d  473, 477 (1st
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          Cir.  1994) (no  abuse of  discretion unless  "the verdict  is so

          clearly against  the weight  of the evidence  as to  amount to  a

          manifest miscarriage  of justice.").   A  thorough review of  the

          trial  record discloses  sufficient evidentiary  support  for the

          verdict.  Since there was a genuine factual dispute as to whether

          the driver's  reaction time  demonstrated negligence,  the jury's

          verdict cannot  be considered a manifest  miscarriage of justice.

          See id. 
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                    Affirmed.
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