Thomas A. Beardshall and Annamae Beardshall, His Wife v. Minuteman Press International, Inc.

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• explaining that because of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s holding that fraud must be proved by a higher standard than by a preponderance of the evidence, that higher standard governs fraud claims in diversity suits in federal court in Pennsylvania
• finding plain error based on erroneous jury instruction in civil fraud case
• proper to apply doctrine only if failure to consider error \would result in a miscarriage of justice\
• in civil case, it was plain error to instruct jury that plaintiff need only prove fraud by preponderance of evidence rather than clear and convincing evidence
• \[T]he failure to object to jury instructions and the consequences thereof are procedural and are to be governed by federal law.\

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