Legal Opinion
Fabri v. United Technologies International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 21, 2004No. Docket Nos. 03-7090(L), 03-7249(XAP)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
Like Humpty Dumpty, a jury verdict once broken is difficult to put together again. At least, it is difficult to refashion the verdict in a way that accords each party substantial justice. Hence, elementary considerations of fairness support certain procedural obstacles to challenges to a jury’s verdict. For instance, a party who fails to object to the sufficiency of the evidence on a particular claim may lure his opponent into failing to present evidence that would cúre the asserted defect. The Federal Rules provide a prophylactic against such a strategy by requiring…
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