PATTERSON v. FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB, 3:12-cv-00707-MOC-DCK. (2013)
Court: District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Number: infdco20130822b10
Visitors: 9
Filed: Aug. 21, 2013
Latest Update: Aug. 21, 2013
Summary: ORDER MAX O. COGBURN, Jr., District Judge. THIS MATTER is before the court on the consent Motion to Bifurcate Trial. The court agrees that presenting evidence as to punitive damages prior to determining liability and compensatory damages, if any, would be unduly prejudicial; however, the court reserves the right to determine whether the issue of punitive damages will be submitted to the jury at all after the jury returns its verdict as to liability and compensatory damages. Having considered
Summary: ORDER MAX O. COGBURN, Jr., District Judge. THIS MATTER is before the court on the consent Motion to Bifurcate Trial. The court agrees that presenting evidence as to punitive damages prior to determining liability and compensatory damages, if any, would be unduly prejudicial; however, the court reserves the right to determine whether the issue of punitive damages will be submitted to the jury at all after the jury returns its verdict as to liability and compensatory damages. Having considered t..
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ORDER
MAX O. COGBURN, Jr., District Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the court on the consent Motion to Bifurcate Trial. The court agrees that presenting evidence as to punitive damages prior to determining liability and compensatory damages, if any, would be unduly prejudicial; however, the court reserves the right to determine whether the issue of punitive damages will be submitted to the jury at all after the jury returns its verdict as to liability and compensatory damages. Having considered the consent motion and reviewed the pleadings, the court enters the following Order.
ORDER
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that the consent Motion to Bifurcate Trial (#20) is GRANTED.
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