Court Opinion

ID: 6914083
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-23 22:34:55.792599+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:06:36.198948
License: Public Domain

GILLETTE, J.,
Pro Tempore.
Defendants, in their petition for rehearing, point out that in our initial opinion, we erroneously construed the factual content of the record in a way which affects the decision on the merits. Specifically, defendants claim that no affidavit exists in the record which details plaintiffs’ post-trial discovery of the evidence upon which basis plaintiffs sought a new trial.
Upon reexamination of the record, we agree with defendants that our factual statement regarding the existence of that crucial fact in an affidavit was incorrect. This factual misstatement was a necessary underpinning of our conclusion that plaintiffs had met the requirements for the granting of a new trial upon the basis of newly discovered evidence. Without that fact in the record, plaintiffs have failed to show that the newly discovered evidence could not, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, have been discovered before and produced at trial. It follows that our former decision reversing the trial court cannot stand and the trial court’s decision is affirmed.
Petition for rehearing allowed; decision withdrawn; affirmed.