Legal Opinion
Waldorf v. Shuta
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 1, 1993No. 92-5699PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
MANSMANN, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal we are asked to decide whether the district court erred in denying defendants’ motions for a mistrial based on the jury’s inadvertent exposure to media coverage of a $30 million verdict awarded in a similar case. The defendant, the Borough of Kenilworth, argues that the jurors’ knowledge of the exact damage award in that case, involving similar injuries as in this one, provided the jury with a prejudicially impermissible yardstick by which to measure the plaintiffs claim for damages. Because the trial court did not conduct an adequate…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Remmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Murphy v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Patton v. YountSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
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3Cited by56 opinions
- United States v. Richard P. Console, United States of America v. Morton Markoff, D.O., United States of America v. Edward C. CurcioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Richard O. BertoliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Mark Waldorf, in No. 97-5195 v. Edward J. Shuta Carolyn Wood Kenneth C. Spence, Jr. Mary Kay Spence Borough of Kenilworth Joseph Rego Henry J. Moll Victor Smith Lawrence Stickle Charles David Joseph Ventre Thomas Neville William J. Ahern William E. Conrad Livio Mancino Gary Rowinsky Mario Dibella Vincent Scorese Harry Grapenthin Mary Kelly Richard McCormack William Holt A. Zeleniak Richard Lomax C. William Gutekunst Frederick Bailey Michael Padula Charles Scheuermann Fred Sues Joseph Walyuf Thomas McHale Philip Ernst Frank J. Mascaro Walter E. Boright, Jr. Albert Simmenroth James E. O'Brien Frank J. Johdof Raymond Blydenburgh Edward Kasbarian John J. O'LOck Edmac Enterprises Edward McDermott Mark Waldorf v. Edward J. Shuta Carolyn Wood Kenneth C. Spence, Jr. Mary Kay Spence Borough of Kenilworth Joseph Rego Henry J. Moll Victor Smith Lawrence Stickle Charles David Joseph Ventre Thomas Neville William J. Ahern William E. Conrad Livio Mancino Gary Rowinsky Mario Dibella Vincent Scorese Harry Grapenthin Mary Kelly Richard McCormack William Holt A. Zeleniak Richard Lomax C. William Gutekunst Frederick Bailey Michael Padula Charles Scheuermann Fred Sues Joseph Walyuf Thomas McHale Philip Ernst Frank J. Mascaro Walter E. Boright, Jr. Albert Simmenroth James E. O'Brien Frank J. Johdof Raymond Blydenburgh Edward Kasbarian John J. O'LOck Edmac Enterprises Edward McDermott Borough of Kenilworth, in No. 97-5222Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Kevin Williams-DavisCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1996
- United States v. BashamCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
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