Chenell v. Westbrook College

How courts have described this case

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• holding - under Maine’s Rule 59, from which our rule is derived - that a new trial without an opportunity for additur “is legally proper only when there is a sustainable finding not only that the damages are inadequate but also that such inadequacy reflects a compromise”
• no abuse of discretion to deny additur and grant new trial when damages inadequate but inadequacy appeared to reflect compromise verdict
• “The trial [c]ourt may not substitute [its] judgment as to the credibility of witnesses for the judgment of the jury.”
• award of only $5000 to professional dancer for permanent injury to a leg

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