Sampson v. Karpinski’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “By directing a verdict against defendant [retailer] in the manner that it did, the court in effect told the jury that plaintiffs story was true. Further, the court's cautionary instruction as to the limited effect of the directed verdict did little to minimize the prejudicial impact of the statement. * * * The issue of plaintiffs credibility was thus effectively removed from the jury's consideration, to the inevitable prejudice of [the other defendants].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holger v. Irish

2. “the trial court is in the best position in a given case to determine whether, on the circumstances before it, prejudice is more likely to occur by informing the jury of the fact of settlement or by excluding it from its consideration.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holger v. Irish

3. “We declare it to be the policy of the Court henceforth that where there has been a liquidated settlement between one of several defendants and a plaintiff * * * the jury not be informed of such fact, or the sum paid * * *.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holger v. Irish