925 So. 2d 583 - Brown v. Unknown Driver’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “It is well settled that a court of appeal may not set aside a trial court’s or a jury’s finding of fact in the absence of “manifest error” or unless its finding of fact is “clearly wrong;” where there is conflict in the testimony, reasonable evaluations of credibility and reasonable inferences of fact should not be disturbed upon review, even though the appellate court may feel that its own evaluations and inferences are as reasonable. Rosell v. ESCO, 549 So.2d 840, 844 (La.1989). Nevertheless, when the court of appeal finds that a reversible error of law or manifest error of material fact was made by the trial court, it is required to redetermine the facts de novo from the entire record and render a judgment on the merits. Id. at 844 n. 2.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 17 So. 3d 1 - Bradley v. Safeway Insurance Co. of Louisiana