Legal Opinion
Sligar v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 16, 1996No. 83222PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMERS, Justice:
Consideration of two questions will dispose of this appeal: (1) Did the trial court err in permitting jurors to take notes during a personal injury trial and use those notes during deliberations? (2) Did the trial court abuse her discretion in awarding Plaintiff a new trial after a Defendant’s verdict? The answer to the first is no, but because the answer to the second is also no, for reasons we will explain, the order granting a new trial is affirmed.
The Plaintiff, Jack Sligar, sustained injury when his car was hit by a vehicle driven by the defendant, Paul Bartlett,…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- United States v. Angelo BertolottiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Sandra Vaccaro, John Vaccaro, Michael Brennan, Paul Bond, Norman Alvis, Stephen Labarbera, Dorothy Snider, and William CushingCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Bartlett v. American National Bank & Trust Co. of SapulpaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1984
- Commonwealth v. St. GermainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- United States v. Albert Rolland Bassler, United States of America v. George Robert Glover, United States of America v. Wayne Wesley SprecherCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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