California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Garay v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., F072267 (Cal. App. 2018):
Following briefing, the trial court issued its ruling on respondents' request for a new trial. The court began by detailing the requirements for granting a new trial under California Code of Civil Procedure section 657. It noted a new trial shall not be granted unless the "jury clearly should have reached a different verdict or decision" and cited extensively from Perry v. Fowler (1951) 102 Cal.App.2d 808, 810-811 concerning the standards it should apply in considering the motion. The court further expounded that the clear language of the statute "means more than just the existence of some imbalance in the relative weights of the parties' respective cases; [it] means instead without equivocation or decidedly."
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