Opinion ID: 196426
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Undue Passion, Bias, Prejudice

Text: 51 The Navons point to eleven events at trial--including certain court rulings and comments by opposing counsel--that they contend created an atmosphere of bias and prejudice toward them and led the jury to award grossly excessive damages. They claim that one or more of these events independently, and certainly the cumulative effect of all of them, constituted reversible error requiring a new trial. 52 We have considered each of their points, many of which were not raised at the appropriate time before the trial court, but find that none warrants a total rejection of the jury's verdict. We do not say that the Navons' argument is entirely without force; we hold only that we are satisfied that the district court was within its discretion to reject the claims it considered and that, particularly in light of the need for a new trial on defamation, no manifest injustice occurred that would cause us to disturb any more of the jury's determinations.