Proving harm from jury instructions
Comet Technologies USA v. XP Power
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- Comet Technologies and its co-petitioners filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to review a Ninth Circuit rule that makes the party defending a civil judgment prove that a mistaken jury instruction did not cause harm.
- What's at stake
- The dispute leaves unresolved whether the side appealing or the side defending a civil judgment must show that a mistaken jury instruction caused harm.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
They argue the party appealing should have to show harm instead.
Comet argues that the Ninth Circuit departs from the usual civil rule that the party challenging a judgment must show that an error caused harm.
Question presented
Whether there is an exception for erroneous jury instructions to the otherwise uniform rule that the appellant bears the burden in a civil case to establish that an error was prejudicial?
What happens next
The Court must decide whether to hear the case. No oral argument or decision window is set unless the Court agrees to review it.
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