re the state of justice in article apr desire wright edu demon desire wright edu not a boomer writes a judge denied gm s new trial motion even though gm says it has two new witnesses that said the occupant of the truck was dead from the impact not from the fire thoughts it s kind of scary when you realize that judges are going to start denying new trials even when new evidence that contradicts the facts that led to the previous ruling appear or has the judge decided that the new witnesses are not to be believed shouldn t that be up to a jury and what about members of the previous jury parading through the talk shows proclaiming their obvious bias against gm shouldn t that be enough for a judge to through out the old verdict and call for a new trial whatever happened to jurors having to be objective first people should be aware that brett s no last name listed posts on bit listserv politics indicate that he has been hostile toward gm s hiring policies and to the moseley verdict when it came out equal opportunity disagreement i guess my guess without seeing the judge s opinion is that gm s motion was denied on due diligence grounds otherwise a party to a case could always keep one or two semi credible witnesses in reserve to spring if they lose not exactly a way to promote repose daniel reitman the uniform commercial code protects the innocent purchaser but it is not a shield for the sly conniver the blindly naive or the hopelessly gullible atlas auto rental corp v weisberg misc d n y s d n y city civ ct
