How to Use Additur in a Sentence?
The Defendant Weighed the Disadvantages of Investing Time and Money in a New Trial and the Risk of an Even Higher Award of Monetary Damages by a Sympathetic...
The defendant weighed the disadvantages of investing time and money in a new trial and the risk of an even higher award of monetary damages by a sympathetic jury. He consented to the additur. An additur is not justified solely because the amount of damages is low.
What does nisi additur mean?
What is Nisi Additur? Definition. Motion for a new trial absolute as to damages only. Term.
What does additur mean in court?
Legal Definition of additur
: the increase by a court of the jury's award of damages which the court deems insufficient — compare remittitur. Note: The Supreme Court held in Dimick v. Schiedt, 293 U.S. 474 (1935) that additur violates the Seventh Amendment and so is not permissible in federal courts.
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