Sentences with phrase «cases went to jury»

In 2012, 133 malpractice cases went to a jury trial, and 79.7 percent of them resulted in defense verdicts.

Large law firms are also beginning to lose a generation of lawyers who actually practiced in a day when more cases went to jury trial.

Last week the first of those cases went to the jury for deliberations and in the second case, a trial was averted when a former legislator pleaded guilty.

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Silver's team is expected to make its closing arguments this afternoon, with the case going to the jury Tuesday.

Lawyers for Sheldon Silver asked the judge to acquit him of all charges even before his case goes to the jury in his corruption trial, in a motion that is routinely filed by defense lawyers after the government rests its case.

But after Stewart's case went to the jury, the foreman reported to the judge that one of the jurors did not speak English well enough to understand the jury instructions.

Settlement negotiations failed and the case went to the jury.

In one case, after a lengthy trial, the team was able to win a directed verdict from the judge before the case went to the jury.

Ultimately settlement values reflect what the parties perceive is a likely outcome if the case went to a jury.

Interesting things continue to develop since since I wrote about storytelling and the case going to the jury, the jury's verdict and the implications for design patents.

Unless the case goes to jury trial, Section 153.009 requires the court to interview a child in judge's chambers to determine which parent's residence would be best for rearing the child.

Not exact matches

In March, two judges ruled Liss - Riordan's Uber and Lyft cases will go to a trial by jury.

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

A settlement means that we're going to not chance it to the jury to make a decision, we agree to disagree on whether anyone did anything wrong but we're making a practical business decision, we're going to pay this much to be done with this case and not test the waters.

There's a whole process that's set up to ensure that the jury that finally gets impaneled is an objective group of people with no connection with anything going on in the case that might persuade them to cast a decision that's inconsistent with the evidence that's presented at the trial.

If both sides, through their eyes and their people's eyes, have concluded that the plaintiff is absolutely going to win this case, and the plaintiff is going to get a lot of money because they're totally on board with everything that has been presented, then that might be a good reason for the defendant to agree to a settlement with the plaintiff for less money than the potential exposure if the jury comes back and finds willful infringement.

I wouldn't say that a finding by the jury of infringement in this case is going to open up the door to a lot more similar cases being filed against Led Zeppelin per se.

I'm not going to rush to judgment — grand juries indict in almost every case.

While the jury struggled to come to a verdict in Espada's case, the feds made it quite clear they had no intention of letting him go scott free in the event of a mistrial.

«There's more than sufficient evidence for this case to go to the jury on all counts,» U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack said.

Ulster County District Attorney Holley Carnright said Monday afternoon that Cruz could face additional charges once the case goes to a grand jury.

After hundreds of hours of testimony — sometimes explosive, sometimes plodding — about whether Joseph Percoco, a former aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, sold his influence in state government, the case in Federal District Court in Manhattan has gone to the jury.

If he doesn't take it by Monday, the case will go to the grand jury.

U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni has noted throughout the trial that the government's case is built almost entirely on circumstantial evidence, and her instructions to the jury will go a long way in determining how jurors come to assess Silver.

After the judge dismissed the «jury» at the beginning of the trial (he actually didn't make us leave, the dismissal was for dramatic effect), he and the lawyers went through the procedures that would be undertaken in a real case to determine if evidence should be admitted for the jury to see.

Although Bernard says that he is not particularly swayed by Sundance audience reactions, the Miles Teller drummer drama happened to be a case where his taste aligned with Sundance goers — just this weekend, the film won both the grand jury and audience awards in the U.S. dramatic film competition.

This week, Samsung finally got their turn to go on the offense after Apple made their case to the jury and District Court Judge Lucy Koh.

Four climate activists currently awaiting trial in Minnesota for shutting off a tar sands pipeline think so — and on Monday, the Minnesota Court of Appeals agreed that they should be allowed to make that argument before a jury when their case goes to trial.

One of the zombies is quoted as saying he's thrilled the city is being held accountable, and the City Attorney stands behind her cops, but says, «you never know what a jury is going to do with a case.»

On December 9, 2011, another case went against Hillerich & Bradsby when a jury awarded $ 951,000 to the family of Dillon Yeaman, a 15 - year - old pitcher who suffered severe facial injuries when he was struck by a batted ball in a game.

Also, probably at least 10 % of acquittals are of people who were factually guilty, because juries get it right something on the order of 90 % of the time when cases go to trial.

About 10 % of cases go to trial and about 10 % of cases that go to trial result in an acquittal or hung jury (in very round and approximate numbers that vary greatly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and by type of case).

A special thank you goes to Marlo Greer who worked with Steve Shapiro on this case through settlement of the wrongful death claim, and to Amanda Pfeil who handled legal arguments, motions and jury instructions, to Amy Rogers who spent hundreds of hours on deposition summaries and motions and to Melissa Winthers who kept our firm afloat and well managed in the absence of all of its other lawyers!

If your case goes to trial, it will most likely be set for a jury trial in the Coachella Valley within 18 months.

Just as we would lay out the facts to the jury if your case goes to court, we use those same techniques to procure the necessary expert testimony and support of respected medical professionals.

If your case goes to trial, I will present all documentation to the judge or jury to prove your claim.

If this fails, the case will then go to court, and the level of compensation will then be determined by a judge or jury.

Special preparation techniques before going to trial Before going to trial, the personal injury lawyers at Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. like to invest extra time and money in the planning stages of any kind of personal injury claim, including vaginal mesh claims when necessary, and this is why we make use of mock juries and mock trials o help us test out different lines of arguments before using them for real in your case.

Once every party has had a chance to make its case to the jury and to rest, the attorneys for each party present closing arguments, and the jury goes into the jury room to discuss the case and try to reach a verdict.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Richard Busch, the Gaye family lawyer, describes how the Thicke side's hubris and inconsistency contributed to the jury verdict going against them — but insists that the case was successful because of the characteristics of the music itself.

We go and spend time in our clients» homes, we spend it with their family, we spend it with their loved ones and we really try to get to know the person, so that when we're presenting that case to a jury, we're presenting the most complete picture that we can of what has happened to this person, or what they were like if they passed away.

When you try to work it up in order to get a case to a jury, and how you're going to try.

If such a settlement is not reached and your case goes to trial, our personal injury lawyers will continue to represent you through mediation or negotiations or, if necessary, a trial by jury.

While I am a U.S. attorney, the U.K. and U.S. are essentially the same on these issue in practice: «reasonable wear and tear» is a classic issue of fact to be decided by the judge (unlike the U.S. there are never juries in U.K. landlord - tenant disputes) based upon the evidence presented to him and his or her good judgment if the case goes to court.

Those lawyers know how to put the case together in order to either try to a jury, or to maximize the recovery that they're going to get in any type of a resolution that there might be.

Our boating accidents attorneys are also experienced litigators who can present a convincing case to a jury if your claim goes to court.

Instead, according to the Chief Justice, the case should go back to the Judicial Commission for a jury trial.

If your case goes to trial as a result of the inability to obtain an out - of - court settlement from the defendant, the jury will be responsible for determining whether or not the physician in your case should be held liable for your harm.

In the latter or similar case, can the jury petition to ensure that trial goes ahead?