Comment on Tesla loses Autopilot wrongful death case in $329 million verdict
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 week agoJust a further follow up - you actually can appeal that the jury was just outright wrong, but that would be a really hard case to win here.
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A judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) is a judgment by the trial judge after a jury has issued a verdict, setting aside the jury’s verdict and entering a judgment in favor of the losing party without a new trial. A JNOV is very similar to a directed verdict except for the timing within a trial. A judge will issue a JNOV if he or she determines that no reasonable jury could have reached the jury’s verdict based on the evidence presented at trial, or if the jury incorrectly applied the law in reaching its verdict.