Mejia v. Cook County, Ill., No. 09-3540 (7th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseA jury rejected claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983, arising from an incident at the county jail during which the plaintiff, an inmate, was injured. The district court denied a motion for new trial. The Seventh Circuit vacated and remanded. The district court was obligated to consider the same evidence considered by the jury and determine whether the verdict was against the manifest weight of the evidence. The court's statement that it would not set aside the verdict “unless the testimony is such that reasonable persons could not believe it, because it contradicts indisputable physical facts or laws” indicated that the court applied the wrong standard.
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