{"id":24113,"date":"2015-04-03T13:14:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T17:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=24113"},"modified":"2015-04-03T13:14:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T17:14:36","slug":"huge-jury-verdict-heres-what-can-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=24113","title":{"rendered":"Huge jury verdict? Here’s what can happen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I certainly keep mentioning that when someone gets a huge jury award (juries of our peers are, of course, empathetic to our pains, and you can figure that the awards they’re giving to a plaintiff are sort of prescriptions for themselves), he\/she very likely will have to endure an appeal. And I’ve mentioned what can happen with an appeal of a large verdict.<\/a><\/p>\n

So here’s an abstract from the New York Law Journal confirming my view:<\/p>\n

Court Orders New Trial or Reduced Verdict for Injured Cyclist<\/em><\/h1>\n

Andrew Denney<\/a>, New York Law Journal<\/small>

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A cyclist who was awarded a $36 million verdict in a personal injury suit against New York City and the speeding motorist who hit him, leaving him permanently brain damaged, must accept a smaller verdict or face a new trial, an appellate court has ruled.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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