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23 Jan 2010, 1:53 pm
The trial court's refusal to honor the jury's request for written instructions was not plain error requiring reversal. [read post]
16 Aug 2018, 8:55 pm
Some civil cases use the preponderance of evidence standard. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 1:24 am
The Florida Supreme Court released the following court rule opinions:Opinions Released Mar. 19, 2009SC08_1612 - In re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile ProcedureSC08_2176 - In re: Approval of Application for Determination of Indigent Status Form For Use By Clerks and Amendment to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.984Opinions Released Mar. 5, 2009OP_SC08_1488 - In Re: Standard Jury Instructions In Criminal Cases - Report No. 2008_07 - correction… [read post]
16 Apr 2007, 1:13 pm
The Ninth Circuit, however, overturned his sentence, concluding that the exclusion of Richard Deal from the jury was not a reasonable application of Supreme Court precedent on the standards for jury selection in capital cases. [read post]
13 Jul 2019, 6:07 am
Additionally, as the jury found the Board liable under both an arbitrary-and-capricious standard and a willful-indifference standard, the court found the challenged instruction could not have affected the outcome of the case. [read post]
26 Feb 2018, 12:35 pm
Based on those instructions, the jury found Arab Bank liable. [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 5:10 pm
See Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.470 and Florida Standard Jury Instruction Civil (Note On Use) 2.1. [read post]
10 Aug 2009, 6:14 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the judge's instructions to the jury that they could discuss the evidence in the case during the trial (which is most unusual in Massachusetts) were improper, because such discussions can only be allowed in civil cases when all parties agree. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 12:55 pm
According to AAI president Bert Foer: In Sherman Act Section 1 and Section 2 civil cases, judges tend to gravitate towards the ABA Model Instructions as the gold standard for impartial instructions. [read post]
25 Aug 2010, 3:00 am
The Court also invited the Committee on Civil Pattern Jury Instructions to promulgate new standard jury instructions and pointed out that modifications to its two-party instructions would be required for ‘more complex litigation. [read post]
18 May 2013, 4:37 pm
See Florida Standard Jury Instruction 501.5(a). [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 9:25 am
Accordingly, the court concluded that the trial court did not err by instructing the jury on the standard for premises liability and admitting evidence relevant to a premises liability determination. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 3:33 pm
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the "motivating factor" standard applies only to cases brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (i.e., sex, race, national origin and religious discrimination claims) and that Gross needed to prove his case with direct evidence to be entitled to a mixed-motive instruction. [read post]
8 Dec 2008, 11:49 pm
Civil Code § 3294(a). [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 8:00 am
The appeals panel stated that there was nothing wrong with the jury instructions allowed by the trial judge that were used by the jury to reach its verdict. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 6:00 am
On the wrongful termination claim, the court instructed the jury with CACI instructions amended to reflect the holding in Harris v. [read post]
2 Jul 2011, 8:25 am
Some of us have already utilized these rules by conducting trials in Oakland Circuit Judge Potts' courtroom.The new rules are significant in that, for the first time, standard jury instructions will be supplemented with legal theories of the issues, submitted to the court by the opposing lawyers, distilled by the judge, then supplied to the jury. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 8:12 am
Below I’ve paraphrased and cut from the CT Civil Jury Instructions on burden of proof: “In civil cases, an injured person who asserts a claim has the burden of proving it by a fair preponderance of the evidence, that is, the better or weightier evidence must establish that, more probably than not, the assertion is true. [read post]
2 Jul 2011, 8:34 am
In civil cases, where depositions will be read into the record at trial, the parties must submit joint deposition summaries to the jury. [read post]
31 May 2011, 4:44 pm
The error in the instruction meant that "there is a very serious likelihood that the jury would have been confused and would have misapprehended the correct standard of proof based on the instructions given to them". [read post]
