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5 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 22 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Stampf v. Long Island Railroad.

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1 Stampf v. Long Island Railroad Anchor
ca2 · 2014
green “if the jury has reached a seriously erroneous result or its verdict is a miscarriage of justice,” 7
2 Matusick v. Erie County Water Authority
ca2 · 2014
green “the evidence is such that, without weighing the credibility of the witnesses or otherwise considering the weight of the evidence, there can be but one conclusion as to the verdict that reasonable persons could have reached.” 5
3 Adam Wiercinski v. Mangia 57, Inc.
ca2 · 2015
green “may only be granted if there exists such a complete absence of evidence supporting the verdict that the jury's findings could only have been the result of sheer surmise and conjecture, or the evidence in favor of the movant is so overwhelming that reasonable and fair minded pers…” 4
4 Adam Wiercinski v. Mangia 57, Inc.
ca2 · 2015
green “a judgment notwithstanding the verdict may only be granted if there exists such a complete absence of evidence supporting the verdict that the jury's findings could only have been the result of sheer surmise and conjecture, or the evidence in favor of the movant is so overwhelmi…” 3
5 Adam Wiercinski v. Mangia 57, Inc.
ca2 · 2015
green “such a complete absence of evidence supporting the verdict that the jury's findings could only have been the result of sheer surmise and conjecture, or the evidence in favor of the movant is so overwhelming that reasonable and fair minded persons could not arrive at a verdict ag…” 3

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