[DOWNLOAD] "Hilliard v. A. H. Robins Co." by Second Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Hilliard v. A. H. Robins Co.
- Author : Second Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 27, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 90 KB
Description
Plaintiff Hilliard appeals from the judgment rendered after the trial court granted a directed verdict in favor of defendant Robins on the bifurcated issue of punitive damages. Plaintiff also contends that the trial court erred in granting nonsuits as to her fraud claims and in excluding certain evidence. Defendant Robins cross-appeals from the judgment on special verdict for $600,000 general damages in favor of plaintiff and against Robins only, asserting that the case was not brought to trial within the five-year mandatory time limit of Code of Civil Procedure section 583, subdivision (b), that the amount of general or compensatory damages was excessive, that the evidence was insufficient to support the judgment for compensatory damages, and that the trial court committed reversible errors in instructing the jury, in failing to grant a mistrial because of prejudicial misconduct by plaintiffs lawyer and/or because the jury was subjected to prejudicial media publicity, and, finally in receiving inadmissible prejudicial evidence over Robins objections.