Cohen v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that plaintiffs counsel’s suggestion of a specific amount of damages did not unfairly influence jury that awarded precise amount suggested
• concluding that plaintiff's counsel's suggestion of a specific amount of damages did not unfairly influence jury that awarded precise amount suggested
• noting ambiguity in use of two standards and concluding that federal appellate court must use state appellate standard
• \Material deviation from reasonableness is less than that deviation required to find an award so excessive as to `shock the conscience.' \
• “Material deviation from reasonableness is less than that deviation required to find an award so excessive as to ‘shock the conscience.’”
• “[Cjompensation for suffering can be accomplished only in a symbolic and arbitrary fashion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).