482 F. Supp. 1 - Sharp v. Hall’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “State courts across the land have proceeded differently. Some have allowed the jury to be fully advised of the settlement and directed to deduct the amount thereof from any finding of total damages for Plaintiff if total damages are greater than the settlement. Some have allowed no mention to the jury of the fact of settlement in any regard with the Court to treat with the same in entering judgment on a verdict of the jury in favor of Plaintiff. Some have allowed the jury to be advised of the fact of such settlement but have not allowed information to be divulged to the jury as to the amount of the settlement with the jury instructed to find total damages sustained if its verdict is in favor of the Plaintiff and the Court to give consideration to the settlement and the amount thereof in entering judgment on a verdict of the jury in favor of the Plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cleere v. United Parcel Service, Inc.