Opinion ID: 1829871
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 11

Heading: civil actions.

Text: The Court is not aware of any other civil actions that have been maintained against General Motors based upon this same conduct. Accordingly, the Court concludes that the verdict should not be reduced based on this point. The Court finds that the verdicts in this case were in no way affected by bias, passion, prejudice, corruption, or other improper motive or conduct. The Court finds that the jury's verdict was not based on anything other than a conscientious desire on the part of the jury to render a just verdict in keeping with the Court's charge. The case was well tried on both sides. This Court is of the opinion that both counsel for Plaintiffs and counsel for Defendants conducted themselves in accordance with the high standards of conduct required by the members of our profession. No untoward event occurred during the trial. This Court had the opportunity to observe the jurors throughout the trial and notes that each of them paid attention to the evidence, argument of counsel, and the Court's charge. The Court further finds that there was no indication, either during or after the trial, to even suggest that the jury acted improperly or that the verdict was based on prejudice, sympathy, or favoritism. To the contrary, the Court finds that the twelve people who decided this case were good and reliable citizens who discharged their duty in a conscientious manner. The Court fully charged the jury on the question of damages in accordance with the decisions of the Supreme Court. At the conclusion of the Court's charge, the Court asked all parties whether they had any objections to the charges and General Motors responded that it was satisfied with the charge.