What is the standard for appellate review of a jury verdict in a civil case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ferenczy v. MCI Medical Clinics, 2005 CanLII 18186 (ON CA):
The standard for appellate review of a jury verdict in a civil case is well established and very high. A jury verdict is not to be set aside as against the weight of the evidence unless it is so plainly unreasonable and unjust as to satisfy the court that no jury reviewing the evidence as a whole and acting judicially could have reached it. See McCannell v. McLean, 1937 CanLII 1 (SCC), [1937] S.C.R. 341.
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