Joseph Hewitt v. The B.F. Goodrich Co., a Foreign Corporation and T.G. & Y. Stores, Co., a Foreign Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a motion for a new trial is proper only where the jury’s verdict is against the clear weight of the evidence or would result in a miscarriage of justice
• “When the resolution of the case boils down to credibility, the trial judge must allow the jury to function. In this case, the usual deference to the factfinder on issues of credibility requires us to defer to the jury and not the judge.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).