Defense counsel said
defendants settled the Ruth case because procedural issues bad emerged that might have limited their ability to fully present their case to the jury, and that trying the case would have served little purpose in the overall adjudication of the pending welding fume lawsuits because of Mr.
There are, however, limits on what
defendants (and subsequent triers-of-fact) are entitled to learn about law enforcement witnesses, notwithstanding the fact that the information relates to the witnesses' veracity.
The central question of Sell was whether the government can drug mentally ill
defendants against their will to force them to stand trial.
T]he point is that the evidence is plain that the
defendants [the Uzans] undertook fraudulent and collusive actions in Turkey to procure sham injunctions whose sole purpose was to avoid compliance with this Court's orders and proceedings, and that accordingly the claim that this Court's disregard of
defendants' machinations somehow constitutes error is without substance.
If suing multiple
defendants, the plaintiff could choose which
defendant to use in support of venue in a particular county.
The district court granted summary judgment for the
defendants and the appeals court affirmed The appeals court held that the prison's no-gift publications policy violated the prisoner's First Amendment rights but that prison officials were entitled to qualified immunity.
5 million the state says it ought to collect from
defendants over the next two years.
Today, a jury may learn of a
defendant's past convictions under some limited circumstances: If the
defendant himself testifies and the information is used to impeach his credibility, or if it is introduced for one of several other narrow purposes permitted by state law.
For example, that act provides that
defendants determined to be less than 60% at fault are liable solely for damages proportionate to their percentage of fault, and not for any portion of harm done by any other entity.
