Sentences with phrase «what judges and juries»

Most courts and attorneys will look at prior case law to determine what judges and juries have awarded in the past for similar injuries.

Plaintiffs» lawyers track verdicts in the District and Circuit courts, and have a good idea of what judges and juries tend to do in most situations.

Not exact matches

The teaching of purity does not make any human being the judge and jury over others, nor does Deuteronomy, despite what this passage sounds like when you carve it out of the book.

If Phelps and his co-defendants are liable for the intentional infliction of emotional distress in this case, what is to prevent another judge and jury from ordering monetary damages in a case against the owners of the proposed Islamic community center near ground zero for inflicting emotional distress on the families of 9/11 victims?

«I then did what a federal judge does when a jury is deadlocked and issued an Alan charge trying to get them to move on their positions.

When we connect this with well known facts that West armed «rebels» with links with Al Qaeda, and that West wants to be judge, jury and executioner without even trying to prove what happened if anything happened at all, it becomes clear who created this whole mess and who constantly pushes whole world towards WW3 and nuclear Armageddon.

The judge took harsh exception - several times - with Gitner for what the judge said was an inefficient use of time cross-examining witnesses and «wasting the jury's time.»

White Plains federal Judge Kenneth Karas ultimately opted against selecting a new jury and further delaying what is supposed to be a three - week trial.

Silver's lawyers, while entering a not guilty plea for him on Tuesday before U.S. District Court Judge Valerie Caproni, argued that Bharara broke rules about what prosecutors can say outside court and may have prejudiced the grand jury that indicted Silver.

«Here, we've shown that facial biases unfortunately leak into what should be the most reflective and careful decision that juries and judges can make — whether to execute someone.»

You tell them to «get along» or you play judge and jury, telling both sides what they should do.

Who: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey and Wood Harris What: In a futuristic city where the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and executioner, a cop and his trainee take down a gang that deals a reality - altering drug.

What is clear is that customers will ultimately be the judge and the jury.

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What's a judge and jury to think about causality, much less an alleged nuisance and remedy?

Judging by what I have read on the various blogs recently, I am not sure that the blogosphere could provide an alternative process but it would at least offer a diverse viewpoint and as a virtual jury it might keep those involved on the straight and narrow.

What you fail to understand again and again is that you are not the judge and jury in regards to scientific evidence and the scientific method.

What this means to the modern practitioner is that all players in the game (attorneys, clients, judges and juries), now share the same understanding and appreciation of not only the meaning of the term legal malpractice, but its role in maintaining the balance between the attorney's prerogatives in selecting strategy and tactics and the clients» right to competent, ethical representation.

Lawyers in Louisville, Ky., are asking a federal judge to set aside a jury verdict exonerating a police officer in a Taser - related death because they say the jury foreman researched the case on the Internet and used what he found to sway other jurors.

None of that tells me who our judge will be, who will be on our potential jury pool, and what the mood and physical health will be of the judge, potential jurors, prosecutors and opposing witnesses If they just won a poker game, they might be happy.

However, the lawyer did not provide what response should be given to the jury by the judge and gave no written response to the court to give to the jury.

Such rules of civil practice include guidelines as to the type of information that is acceptable by a jury or judge, the method of presentation of the information, and by what standards of proof a judgment will be made based on the information.

The court explained that it was not the judge's job to invade the duty of the jury and decide what amount of damages was appropriate.

Considering what a mess the Monday testimony and lawyer argument on the effect of the new claim construction was (because, frankly, both parties had previously hedged their bets as they didn't know what the appeals court would do), the jury is probably now very confused about it (and Judge Koh did the right thing by denying both parties» motions for judgment as a matter of law since there are reasonable arguments for and against infringement, for and against validity).

If you don't know, the term «Markman» refers to the 1996 Supreme Court case of Markman v. Westview Instruments where the Court held that a judge should decide what the language of a patent means as a matter of law and not a jury.

In that kind of case, the defendant might think it's a good idea to ask the judge to instruct the jury on a lesser included offense — that is, to explain to the jury what the lesser included offense is and give it the option of convicting on that basis.

Because they actually try cases, they will develop the case from the beginning focusing on exactly what is needed to present to a judge and jury to maximize recovery.

All are welcome to share their knowledge and experience about what works in communicating with judges and juries.»

When we go before a judge and jury, it will be to deliver your story as it happened and what you've been through since.

Before calling for a change so fundamental as to delete the dishonesty element in order to secure some convictions, what is urgently needed is that the OFT gains some experience of prosecuting a contested trial and that there is some «road - testing» of the offence by a judge and jury.

What is at stake requires that the court must balance what justice demands: that the accused receive a fair trial, that witnesses are not deterred from testifying, and that the judge, jury and lawyers are not distracted during the proceedings, against what the public interest in justice and our democracy requiresWhat is at stake requires that the court must balance what justice demands: that the accused receive a fair trial, that witnesses are not deterred from testifying, and that the judge, jury and lawyers are not distracted during the proceedings, against what the public interest in justice and our democracy requireswhat justice demands: that the accused receive a fair trial, that witnesses are not deterred from testifying, and that the judge, jury and lawyers are not distracted during the proceedings, against what the public interest in justice and our democracy requireswhat the public interest in justice and our democracy requires....

After all of the evidence has been called and the lawyers have presented their arguments, the judge instructs the jury on the law and advises them on what must be taken into account when making their decision.

Both the judge and jury will be more likely to agree with you if you sound like you know what you're talking about.

But if our clients were under the influence of drugs or alcohol in a setting where that was OK and not a violation of the law, then we will look at the case and be honest with the judge and jury about whether that makes the individual comparatively at fault for what happened to them.

Case law tells you what juries and judges decide - media reports tell you what the editor thought would best drive up advertising revenue.

This is obviously a power of tremendous consequence which should be exercised for the most stringent of reasons, which is just what Macon County Judge Dale Segrest did when he overruled a jury and sentenced 19 year old Bobby Waldrop, white, to death because, quote, «If I had not imposed the death sentence, I would have sentenced three black people to death and no white people.»

The final portion of this opinion that a three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued today contains an interesting discussion of the potential for overlap between a jury's award of damages for emotional distress and what a jury might have awarded had it been advised (as it should have been but was not at the original trial) that an award of punitive damages in favor of the plaintiff was appropriate.

If Feldmar's story is generalized, US border guards are now empowered to be a one - person judge, jury, and executioner of another nation's drug policy — and who knows what other kinds of inquiries border guards will feel comfortable making; can they call your ex-boyfriends or teachers to ferret out unadjudicated wrongdoing?

I was going to wow the jury and to make a long story short, the judge is like, «What is that?

Once the lawyers have fought over the instructions and the judge decides what will be presented, the jury only gets them in writing... in some states not even in writing, they only get them read to them without a copy to take back to the room.

But keep in mind that this dress code is more or less what clients, judges, juries and other attorneys expect.

We work closely with attorneys to understand the issues in the case and to determine what analysis within our areas of expertise will help the judge or jury answer questions regarding liability and damages.

There are very strict rules about what information may be presented to the decision - maker and things that you may think are very important for the judge or jury to know may never be heard because the judge decides they are «not relevant».

What a lawyer knows about the law, the parties, the venue, the judge, the jury — this matters a great deal and accordingly firms invest heavily in trying to secure the most knowledgeable attorneys, the best graduates, and the best administrators.

Prior to the judge instructing the jury, the judge holds what is known as a jury charge conference with the attorneys from both sides so that each side can submit jury charges to the judge for what they believe the law states and which, if read to the jury, they believe will be most beneficial to their clients.

Then the judge decides what the jury can and can't hear.

What differentiates our trial lawyers is their skill at communicating dense, technical issues to juries and judges, and bringing clarity to complexity.

This is what Judge Koh's tentative final jury instructions would say about the relevant factors and how to consider them:

The law in Canada is that jury deliberations are to remain confidential but in this case, there were some allegations of jury misconduct and several jury members were asked by the trial judge to explain what was happening in the jury room during breaks.

As Texas attorney and legal technology expert Jeffrey S. Lisson has written [pdf], «Timelines are the most effective way to give a judge or jury a sense of who did what, when, and to whom.