771 So. 2d 403 - Cade v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 467 So. 2d 657 - Bell v. City of Bay St. Louis · 611 So. 2d 942 - Rodgers v. Pascagoula Public School Dist. · 606 So. 2d 114 - Odom v. Roberts · Biloxi Electric Co. v. Thorn · Dorris v. Carr
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[E]vidence of corruption, passion, prejudice or bias on the part of the jury (if any) is an inference... to be drawn from contrasting the amount of the verdict with the amount of the damages.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The supreme court or any other court of record in a case in which money damages were awarded may overrule a motion for [a] new trial or affirm on direct or cross[-]appeal, upon condition of an additur or remittitur, if the court finds that the damages are excessive or inadequate for the reason that the jury or trier of the facts was influenced by bias, prejudice, or passion, or that the damages awarded were contrary to the overwhelming weight of credible evidence. If such additur or remittitur be not accepted[,] then the court may direct a new trial on damages only. If the additur or remittitur is accepted and the other party perfects a direct appeal, then the party accepting the additur or remittitur shall have the right to cross[-]appeal for the purpose of reversing the action of the court in regard to the additur or remittitur.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Even if we think the amount awarded in the verdict is liberal, we are not allowed to supplant our judgment for that of the jury unless we conclude that there was insufficient evidence to support the award of damages or that the verdict was the product of bias, passion or prejudice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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