Thursday, February 2, 2012
Jury verdicts to be set aside rarely
Gutbir v. University Health Network, 2012 ONCA 66 is a sad case about medical negligence. As part of the decision the Court ruled on the standard to met setting aside a jury verdict:
[5] It is well-established that a jury verdict may be set aside only if the verdict is "so plainly unreasonable and unjust as to satisfy the Court that no jury reviewing the evidence as a whole and acting judicially could have reached it": McCannell v. McLean, [1937] S.C.R. 341, at p. 343. Where there is some evidence to support the verdict, a jury will be accorded a high degree of deference.
[5] It is well-established that a jury verdict may be set aside only if the verdict is "so plainly unreasonable and unjust as to satisfy the Court that no jury reviewing the evidence as a whole and acting judicially could have reached it": McCannell v. McLean, [1937] S.C.R. 341, at p. 343. Where there is some evidence to support the verdict, a jury will be accorded a high degree of deference.
Wiarton Willie sees early spring ahead
Early Spring? We never had a Winter!!!
From the Star:
Canada’s best-known furry forecaster is calling for an early spring.
Ontario’s Wiarton Willie failed to see his shadow in the annual Groundhog Day ritual this morning.
Willie’s prediction agrees with Nova Scotia’s prognosticating rodent Shubenacadie Sam.
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