Juan Francisco Venegas v. Kenneth B. Wagner James A. Borsos John R. Prchal Ronnie J. Skaggs Carthel S. Roberson Douglas E. Bostard Robert M. Bell Michael Z. Whalen, Juan Francisco Venegas v. Kenneth B. Wagner James A. Borsos John R. Prchal Douglas E. Bostard Robert M. Bell Michael Z. Whalen, and Ronnie J. Skaggs and Carthel S. Roberson, Juan Francisco Venegas v. Ronnie J. Skaggs and Carthel S. Roberson

831 F.2d 1514 Juan Francisco VENEGAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth B. WAGNER; James A. Borsos; John R. Prchal; Ronnie J. Skaggs; Carthel S. Roberson; Douglas E. Bostard; Robert M. Bell; Michael Z. Whalen, Defendants-Appellees. Juan Francisco VENEGAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth B. WAGNER; James A. Borsos; John R. Prchal; Douglas E. Bostard; Robert M. Bell; Michael Z. Whalen, Defendants, and Ronnie J. Skaggs and Carthel S. Roberson, Defendants-Appellants. Juan Francisco VENEGAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronnie J. SKAGGS and Carthel S. Roberson, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 86-6043, 86-6044 and 86-6409. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 1987. Decided Nov. 9, 1987. Michael S. Bromberg, Sag Harbor, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellant. John R. Calhoun and Robert E. Shannon, Long Beach, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before TANG, SCHROEDER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. TANG, Circuit Judge: 1 Juan Francisco Venegas appeals from the district court's granting of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) and from the conditional granting of a new trial, as to…