The guidance, however, is relatively minimal: The California jury instructions and corresponding sample verdict forms for punitive damages in employment cases merely tell a jury that — after finding evidence of malice, fraud or oppression — "[t]here is no fixed formula for determining the amount...
Trump cannot be prosecuted for the alleged rape of Carroll because the statute of limitations for such a crime has long since passed. But Carroll sued him with a civil claim of battery under a New York state law enacted in late 2022 that opened a one-year window for lawsuits alleging sexu...
“If you believe that Marion ‘Suge’ Knight was lawfully acting in self-defense, he must do so while using reasonable care to avoid injury to innocent bystanders,” one of the new instructions given Friday read. The second instruction said, “the right to self-defense ends when there is...
The relevant jury instructions certainly WOULD include self-defense as a consideration, but I’m afraid I don’t have them immediately at hand. Fodder for a future post. –Andrew, @LawSelfDefense Ragspierre in reply to Andrew Branca. | November 30, 2014 at 10:05 am Yep. My bad. I...
There are two basic methods of fast charging; that using current control, in which the current is forced into the battery with unrestricted voltage and that of voltage control using a maximum voltage limit with relatively long current pulses and pauses towards the end of charge. The current cont...
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As per Judge Lucy Koh's instructions, jurors will apply the following four rules to determine an article of manufacture: 1. The scope of the design claimed in Apple's patent, including the drawing and written description; 2. The relative prominence of the design within the product...
Penny could not have been convicted of both charges, according to the judge’s instructions to the jury. Wiley told the jury the second-degree manslaughter charge has been dismissed, functionally allowing them to now consider the remaining charge of criminally negligent homicide. “What that me...
Penny could not have been convicted of both charges, according to the judge’s instructions to the jury. Wiley told the jury the second-degree manslaughter charge has been dismissed, functionally allowing them to now consider the remaining charge of criminally negligent homicide. “What that me...
When it came time to read the instructions to the jury, Judge Lewis Kaplan had the courtroom locked. No one from the jury wanted to take a break. The instructions were the only time Trump sat back in his chair for an extended period. He stretched his back for a second. He took out ...