Hepler v. Lin’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 549 So. 2d 840 - Rosell v. Esco · Canter v. Koehring Company · 643 So. 2d 1228 - Pfiffner v. Correa · 495 So. 2d 1298 - McLean v. Hunter · 774 So. 2d 84 - Davis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“A new trial shall be granted, upon contradictory motion of any party, in the following cases: (1) When the verdict or judgment appears clearly contrary to the law and the evidence. (2) When the party has discovered, since the trial, evidence important to the cause, which he could not, with due diligence, have obtained before or during the trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he trial judge may evaluate evidence without favoring any party and draw his own inferences and conclusions. Perhaps the significant authority is the ability to assess the credibility of witnesses when determining whether to grant or deny the motion for new trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.