{"id":23080,"date":"2014-12-08T19:09:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T00:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=23080"},"modified":"2014-12-08T19:09:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-09T00:09:12","slug":"big-jury-award-is-overturned-by-appellate-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=23080","title":{"rendered":"Big $$ jury award is overturned by appellate panel"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the New York Law Journal:<\/h4>\n

Panel Overturns $9M Jury Award in Subway Gap Suit<\/a><\/em><\/h4>\n

Saying there was “no valid line of reasoning … which could possibly lead rational [persons] to the conclusion reached by the jury on the basis of the evidence..<\/em><\/p>\n

I mentioned previously that big jury verdicts can be sharply reduced <\/a>by an appellate court, and here’s an example, although this tidbit from the NYLJ doesn’t note what the reduction is.<\/p>\n

And a sitting judge can nix a big jury award even before any appeal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So this is a good reason to settle a case before a (jury) trial. You never know what’s going to happen even if you and your case wow a jury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the New York Law Journal: Panel Overturns $9M Jury Award in Subway Gap Suit Saying there was “no valid line of reasoning … which could possibly lead rational [persons] to the conclusion reached by the jury on the basis … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1175],"tags":[581,383,558],"class_list":["post-23080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-appellate-courts","tag-jury-awards","tag-jury-verdicts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t