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New Trial
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EvidenceProf Blog
Midway Water Lawyers Seek New Trial Based on Bizarre Behavior by Jury Forewoman
By Colin Miller
Last year, Midway Water System in Florida was held primarily responsible for a piping misconnection that allowed raw sewage to enter home water systems in the Gulf Breeze-area. Now, lawyers…
Legal Profession Blog
The Same Test
Headnote of a decision from the New Jersey Appellate CourtThe court takes this opportunity to clarify the legal principles that govern motions for a new trial based on evidence not…
Southern California Appellate News
Do-over motions
The latest issue of Verdict (the ASCDC magazine, 2024 vol. 2) has an article by H&L's Rebecca Powell titled Trying to Get it Right: Motions for Reconsideration, New Trial, and…
Law Times News
Court of Appeal considers role of bad character evidence in ordering new trial
Recent decision 'instructive for both sides of the table going forward,' says McLeish Orlando's Nick Todorovic
Other
“The New Trial Right as Structural Constitutional Reform”
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Jennifer Mascott. Here is its abstract:The role of the judge in vacating convictions and awarding…
Tort Talk
New Trial Granted After Jury Awarded Zero Damages
In the case of Giko v. Calgiano, No. 1262 EDA 2022 (Pa. Super. March 29, 2023 Lazarus, J., Nichols, J., and McCaffery, J.) (Op. by Lazarus, J.) [non-precedential], the Pennsylvania…
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Blog
PA Superior Court: Trial Court May Grant New Trial in Criminal Case Sua Sponte
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Zak T. Goldstein, Esquire The Superior Court has decided the case of Commonwealth v. Becher, recognizing that a trial court may grant a new trial to…
Law Times News
OCA orders new trial for accused whose lawyer ‘conscripted him into assisting his own prosecution’
This is the second time court found that lawyer Janice R. Johnson provided ineffective assistance
On Point
Pro se defense win! New trial ordered due to improper amendment of charge
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
County of Milwaukee v. Roosevelt Cooper, Jr., 2021AP1224, 5/17/21, District 1 (1-judge opinion, ineligible for publication); case activity (including briefs) Cooper wins a new trial because the trial court improperly…
Tort Talk
Pennsylvania Superior Court Affirms Granting of New Trial in Zero Award for Pain and Suffering Where Medical Expenses Awarded
In the case of Mazzie v. Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg, No. 473 EDA 2020 (Pa. Super. April 16, 2021 Kunselman, J., Nichols, J., and Pellegrini, J.) (Op. by Nichols, J.), the…