Ford Motor Credit Co. v. BJL Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “shall” connotes a mandatory intent unless the context suggests otherwise
• prejudice presumed when the court refused to provide jury with a verdict sheet itemizing damages in a personal injury case
• “In civil cases, an appellate court rarely will reverse for error below unless the error Vas both manifestly wrong and substantially injurious,’ and had a prejudicial effect on the outcome of the case.”
• failure to use statutorily required itemized verdict sheet in personal injury case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).