Centrowitz v. Texaco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. “We are ever mindful that a jury’s verdict should not be disturbed except in unusually persuasive circumstances where gross injustice ensues, that the Court should not substitute its own estimate of damages for that announced by the jury; that a jury’s verdict should not be disturbed because it was not as generous as the facts in the case warranted. . . . Where, however, as here, the Court’s conscience is shocked by the jury’s grossly inadequate award, ... it becomes the bounden duty of the Court to interfere lest a grave injustice result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lang v. Birch Shipping Co.