Surety Mortg., Inc. v. Equitable Mortg. Res., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• error to deny motion for new trial where jury found liability and damages but, despite uncontradicted evidence, awarded only nominal damages
• “It is not necessary to grant a new trial in all cases where the jury returns a zero verdict. In fact, where conflicting evidence exists concerning damages and reasonable men could believe that the plaintiff sustained no damages, a zero verdict will be upheld.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).