re the state of justice gm trial 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 on the other hand it would be kind of scary if there were never a final verdict because a party to litigation could keep saying oops i forgot to bring up this evidence and demand a new trial you get one bite at the apple or has the judge decided that the new witnesses are not to be believed shouldn t that be up to a jury it s up to general motors to find those witnesses in the first litigation you d be up in arms if a plaintiff suing general motors pulled the same stunt and made them relitigate an issue that they already lost it s not as if general motors couldn t file enough discovery motions to delay the trial until they found all the witnesses they wanted and what about members of the previous jury parading through the talk shows proclaiming their obvious bias against gm define obvious bias shouldn t that be enough for a judge to through out the old verdict and call for a new trial did gm move for a new trial on those grounds no perhaps they had a reason ted frank thf kimbark uchicago edu i m sorry the card says moops the u of c law school standard disclaimers
