Add to ORKGIn Nebraska a directed verdicts based on circumstantial evidence leading to an inference presents a difficult problem. Even the Supreme Court of the United States has hedged when called upon to formulate a rule to help guide trial judges in federal courts when they are considering what degree of circumstantial evidence is needed to allow a case to go to the jury. The court stated “. . . the essential requirement is that mere speculation be not allowed to do duty for probative facts, after making due allowance for all reasonably possible inferences favoring the party whose case is attacked.” The majority of the Court in refusing to adopt a general rule concluded that the problem is one that must be solved in particular situations
The general problem to be discussed in this comment is the process and supporting reasons used by ap...
In an action against the manufacturer for damages caused by a defect in an automobile, the jury retu...
In four recent cases involving the Federal Employers Liability Act the Supreme Court of the United S...
In Nebraska a directed verdicts based on circumstantial evidence leading to an inference presents a ...
Arthur Vanderbilt once stated that the right to a fair trial in both civil and criminal cases is ...
Over the years, the courts have developed numerous devices for controlling the jury in the exercise ...
I. Nature of the Problem … A. Inferring Facts … B. Effects of Presumptions … (a) Rule of Law … (b) D...
This Article examines a disturbing trend in civil litigation: the demise of the jury’s historic prer...
On August 24, 1975, new rules of evidence became effective in Nebraska courts. Known officially as t...
Juries must answer to questions of fact and judges to questions of law. This is the fundamental maxi...
The analysis that follows focuses on two points. First, many reviewing courts in Ohio have failed to...
Evidence; Circumstantial; Proof of Negligence … Wolstenholm v. Kaliff, 176 Neb. 358, 126 N.W.2d 178 ...
Credibility Defined Exclusionary Rules of Evidence Credibility Involved in Determining Reasonablenes...
One has only to read the first few chapters of Thayer\u27s Prelimmary Treatise on Evidence to realiz...
It is the purpose of this comment to examine three common-law proceedings in which rules of evidence...
The general problem to be discussed in this comment is the process and supporting reasons used by ap...
In an action against the manufacturer for damages caused by a defect in an automobile, the jury retu...
In four recent cases involving the Federal Employers Liability Act the Supreme Court of the United S...
In Nebraska a directed verdicts based on circumstantial evidence leading to an inference presents a ...
Arthur Vanderbilt once stated that the right to a fair trial in both civil and criminal cases is ...
Over the years, the courts have developed numerous devices for controlling the jury in the exercise ...
I. Nature of the Problem … A. Inferring Facts … B. Effects of Presumptions … (a) Rule of Law … (b) D...
This Article examines a disturbing trend in civil litigation: the demise of the jury’s historic prer...
On August 24, 1975, new rules of evidence became effective in Nebraska courts. Known officially as t...
Juries must answer to questions of fact and judges to questions of law. This is the fundamental maxi...
The analysis that follows focuses on two points. First, many reviewing courts in Ohio have failed to...
Evidence; Circumstantial; Proof of Negligence … Wolstenholm v. Kaliff, 176 Neb. 358, 126 N.W.2d 178 ...
Credibility Defined Exclusionary Rules of Evidence Credibility Involved in Determining Reasonablenes...
One has only to read the first few chapters of Thayer\u27s Prelimmary Treatise on Evidence to realiz...
It is the purpose of this comment to examine three common-law proceedings in which rules of evidence...
The general problem to be discussed in this comment is the process and supporting reasons used by ap...
In an action against the manufacturer for damages caused by a defect in an automobile, the jury retu...
In four recent cases involving the Federal Employers Liability Act the Supreme Court of the United S...