Carneal v. Crews

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “a jury finding of excessive force does not automatically entitle a claimant to compensatory damages as a matter of law”
• “a jury finding of excessive force does not automatically entitle a claimant to compensatory damages as a matter of law”
• district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial where it was possible that the jury concluded that the injuries suffered by plaintiff were not caused by the excessive force
• district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff’s motion for a new trial where it was possible that the jury concluded that the injuries suffered by plaintiff were not caused by the excessive force

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).