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Civil Procedure

Pepperdine Law Review

2013

Trial

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The Damage Is Done: Ordering A New Trial Based Only On Damages, Katherine Kubale, Richard Bales Apr 2013

The Damage Is Done: Ordering A New Trial Based Only On Damages, Katherine Kubale, Richard Bales

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Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(a) allows trial courts to grant new trials to any or all of the parties, on any or all of the issues, including damages. However, the federal circuits are split on how to handle new trials based solely on damages. One croup of circuits grants partial new trials on damages alone only if the erroneous damage amount did not in any way affect the determination of any other issue. Under this standard, a new trial on damages is allowed when the second jury can evaluate the first damage award without also re-examining other issues, such …


Analysis Of A First Amendment Challenge To Rent-A-Judge Proceedings , Perry L. Glantz Jan 2013

Analysis Of A First Amendment Challenge To Rent-A-Judge Proceedings , Perry L. Glantz

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