Question

In a civil case john deer vs. jane doe, the judge finds that the jury was swayed by the fact that jane doe was a woman when passing the verdict in her favor. owing to this, the judge reduces the damages awarded to jane by $20,000. this act is called ________.

Answer 1

This would be remittitur. During this, the court orders that the previous verdict be reduced by some amount because it feels that the previous judgment was excessive in some way. This is a way of lessening the burden on the defendant, who may have moved for an appeal if this was not done.