What is the test for challenging a jury's findings in a civil case?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Berry, B303420 (Cal. App. 2021):
Pursuant to my concurring opinion in People v. Nunez (2020) 57 Cal.App.5th 78, 97-99, review granted January 13, 2021, S265918, I do not join in the majority's conclusion that the jury's findings must first be challenged by way of habeas corpus or other available collateral attack. (Maj. Opn., at p. 6.)
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