Sentences with phrase «non jury cases»

Not exact matches

But the courts are setup in such a way that a jury of NON Medical professional hear these cases and award large sums because of the sob stories presented at the lawyers.

Another common misperception victims have regarding the value of their case is the dollars actually awarded by juries across this nation for non tangible items like pain and suffering.

Amongst other reasons for that result was the realization that, in some cases, juries (and arguably even judges in non jury trials) were using a «substantial factor» analysis to find that negligence which was a but - for cause (whatever but - for means) was not a factual cause.

Thus, we might conclude that juries are best suited to determine obscenity vel non, and that jury verdicts in this area should not be set aside except in cases of extreme departure from prevailing standards.

Finely v. Amyot (285 A.D. 2d 946)- non jury trial judgment dismissing broker's complaint affirmed; mere introduction of the property to the ultimate purchaser is insufficient to make out a case for a commission; where broker's listing agreement expired but the seller and broker agreed that broker would continue his efforts to show the seller's property, the broker must be the procuring cause of the sale; broker is not the procuring cause where he merely introduced the ultimate purchaser to the property and severed his relationship with the seller at the initial showing, thereby abandoning efforts to bring about a meeting of the minds between the parties