Warren Vanskike v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, a Corporation, and Burlington Northern Railroad Company, a Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• “[E]xcessiveness of a verdict is basically, and should be, a matter for the trial court which has had the benefit of hearing the testimony and of observing the demeanor of witnesses . . . .”
• “Assessment of damages is within the sound discretion of the jury.”
• “`The district court is in a better position to determine whether prejudice has resulted from a closing argument and the appellate court will not disturb the district court’s ruling unless there has been an abuse of discretion.’” (quoted case omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).