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Remittitur is a reduction in a jury award at trial, as implicitly allowed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 and supported by the treatise see 11 Charles Alan Wright et al., Federal Practice and Procedure § 2815 (3d ed. 2012). Some question whether it should be allowed in light of the [[Seventh Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]].

'''Remittitur''' is a reduction in a [[jury]] award at [[trial]], as implicitly allowed by Fed. R. Civ. P. 59 and supported by the treatise see 11 Charles Alan Wright et al., Federal Practice and Procedure § 2815 (3d ed. 2012). Some question whether it should be allowed in light of the [[Seventh Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]].

Procedurally, the trial court conditions an acceptance by plaintiff of a reduction in the jury verdict as a condition for not ordering a entirely new trial.

Procedurally, the trial court conditions an acceptance by plaintiff of a reduction in the jury verdict as a condition for not ordering a entirely new trial.

On appeal, a denial of a motion for remittitur is reviewed under the highly deferential standard of a manifest abuse of discretion. ''Eckerberg v. Inter-State Studio & Publ’g Co.'', 860 F.3d 1079, 1087 (8th Cir. 2017).

On appeal, a denial of a motion for remittitur is reviewed under the highly deferential standard of a manifest abuse of discretion. ''Eckerberg v. Inter-State Studio & Publ’g Co.'', 860 F.3d 1079, 1087 (8th Cir. 2017).

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