Niemiec v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

How courts have described this case

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

• finding plain error, “especially in the civil context ... must result in a miscarriage of justice in order to compel reversal”
• finding plain error, “especially in the civil context . . . must result in a miscarriage of justice in order to compel reversal”
• “A party’s failure to object to jury instructions results in a waiver of that objection, absent a showing of plain error.”
• “a party’s failure to object to jury instructions results in a waiver of that objection, absent a showing of plain error.”
• “The determination of damages is traditionally a jury function. A jury’s assessment of damages should be disturbed ‘only for the most compelling reasons.’” (citation omitted)
• “The jury was entitled to determine what weight, if any, to give any of the expert testimony offered by the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).