Tenth Circuit· 7/11/2012

Lederman v. Frontier Fire Protection, Inc.

Citations

685 F.3d 1151
19 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 678
2012 WL 2819459
2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14196
162 Lab. Cas. (CCH) 36,038

How courts have described this case

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stating that “burdens of proof are almost always crucial to the outcome of the trial” (quotations omitted)
explaining that jury instructions need not be “flawless”
“A party who objects to an instruction ... must do so on the record, stating distinctly the matter objected to and the grounds for the objection.”
“[J]ust as some courts have mistakenly viewed ‘clear and affirmative evidence’ as a heightened evidentiary standard, the same is true with the phrase ‘plainly and unmistakably.’”
“So long as the charge as a whole adequately states the law, the refusal to give a particular requested instruction is not grounds for reversal.” (brackets and internal quotation marks omitted)
adequacy of the court’s jury instructions in their entirety is reviewed de novo

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Judges: Briscoe, Tymkovich, Eagan

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