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20 Mar 2018, 8:45 am
” Jury instruction, verdict. [read post]
29 Apr 2020, 1:00 am
This could arise, for example, where a motor vehicle accident emerges out of a DUI, where a student is injured in a hazing incident at a fraternity, or when a person is injured in an assault and battery.In such cases, a defendant faced with criminal charges while the civil lawsuit is ongoing will usually file a motion with the civil court requesting that the civil case be stayed pending the resolution of the criminal case. [read post]
10 Dec 2014, 9:00 am
But in civil trials, such as this one, the party who is required to prove something need prove only that it is more likely to be true than not true” (Civil Jury Instruction 200). [read post]
28 Oct 2012, 5:46 pm
Why should a civil case be any different especially where the burden of proof is substantially less. [read post]
1 Nov 2016, 4:32 pm
As readers will recall, last week I published a post about the split verdict a Northern District of Georgia jury entered in the civil lawsuit the FDIC had filed against certain former directors of the failed Buckhead Community Bank. [read post]
20 Aug 2011, 5:41 pm
The standard is described in Florida Standard Jury Instruction 401.3 GREATER WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE as follows: "Greater weight of the evidence" means the more persuasive and convincing force and effect of the entire evidence in the case. [read post]
29 Jul 2007, 12:53 pm
A civil jury can be firmly convinced it is more likely than not that a tort was committed. [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 11:09 am
Defendant’s argument that the trial court was wrong to use Mich Civil Jury Instruction 12.01, which allowed the jury to infer negligence from lack of record keeping. [read post]
10 Sep 2011, 1:00 pm
Diallo’s civil case cannot stand a chance of succeeding. [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 12:00 am
A fair and proper reading of the majority’s opinion does not support this forced portrayal.Granted, Wecht noted in his majority opinion in Graham that the sudden emergency doctrine “should not be understood as a ‘defense’ in the common sense, and the majority finds it ill-advised to use the word ‘defense’ in sudden emergency jury instructions in future cases, notwithstanding that the term features in the current suggested… [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 12:51 am
Nonetheless, shades of the question can be found in cases questioning the overall right to a jury trial in civil actions. [read post]
9 Apr 2010, 5:08 pm
Standard jury instructions -- Criminal -- Amendment -- ManslaughterReported at 35 Fla. [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 10:33 am
Sherman Health Systems, No. 108182-- Does the Illinois pattern jury instruction on professional negligence (Civil No. 105.01) correctly state the applicable standards? [read post]
13 Jun 2015, 10:51 am
Bldg., Inc., 445 So.2d 1015, 1018 (Fla.1984); see, also, Standard Jury Instruction – Civil Cases 401.3. [read post]
23 May 2022, 5:57 am
” As a former federal civil rights prosecutor who investigated and tried police abuse cases under the onerous “willfulness” standard for many years, I have a more optimistic view of the Justice Department’s (DOJ’s) prospects for successfully prosecuting Trump. [read post]
9 Jan 2011, 7:50 pm
It is argued that that is inconsistent with modern Supreme Court evidentiary rules for civil cases in general and inconsistent with the evidentiary rules for pre-Federal-Circuit patent suits in the other federal circuits when they were deciding patent cases. [read post]
16 Aug 2018, 8:55 pm
Some civil cases use the preponderance of evidence standard. [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]
11 Jul 2018, 9:00 pm
The Court made clear that Twombly’s plausibility standard applies in all civil cases. [read post]
