Linda Condello v. Columbia County

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 1 2023

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LINDA CONDELLO, an individual, No. 22-35322

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:19-cv-01985-SI

v.

MEMORANDUM*

COLUMBIA COUNTY, an Oregon municipality,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Michael H. Simon, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 17, 2023 Portland, Oregon

Before: RAWLINSON, BEA, and SUNG, Circuit Judges.

Linda Condello (“Plaintiff”) appeals the denial of a motion for new trial after

the jury rendered a defense verdict for Columbia County (“Defendant”). The jury

found that Defendant was not negligent in its maintenance of the courthouse chair

in which Plaintiff sat, and which broke under her. We have jurisdiction under 28

U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. The parties are familiar with the facts of the case, so we do not recite them

here. A district court’s…