Question

The legal doctrine of remittitur allows the:

a. jury to reduce the damages requested by the plaintive based on his/her own contribution to the incident

b. jury to increase the damages requested by the plaintive based on the egregious nature of the incident

c. judge to reduce the jury's verdict based on sympathetic reaction to wrong committed

d. judge to reduce the arbitrators award based on bias of the arbitrator

Answer 1

The answer is option a

A recommendation is a judge's decision that reduces the amount of damages received in a civil case by a jury. This is typically due to the amount received exceeding the amount demanded. The word is sometimes used to reduce the damages awarded even if the amount awarded does not exceed the amount sought, but is considered excessive otherwise. The high profile file-sharing court case Capitol v. Thomas is an example of the latter. If the motion is granted, the complainant may either accept the reduced verdict or submit to a new trial for damages