PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - POWER OF THE COURT TO INCREASE INADEQUATE VERDICT

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Abstract

With the development of the remittitur in the case of excessive verdicts, one would naturally expect the development of an analogous device for cases wherein the verdicts are inadequate. When the plaintiff moves for a new trial because of an inadequate verdict, a denial of the motion on the condition that the defendant agree to a certain increase in the verdict is perfectly analogous to the remittitur in form. But this device has not received the same wide acceptance as its counterpart. In cases in which the plaintiff has appealed this device has been condemned, while it has been approved on appeals by the defendant.

Recommended Citation

PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE - POWER OF THE COURT TO INCREASE INADEQUATE VERDICT, 32 Mich. L. Rev. 538 (1934).
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