Originally published by David Coale.
Echeverry v. Jazz Casino Co. illustrates a deferential review of a jury’s work in a case about a property owner’s control of construction work that caused injury. Procedurally, the case reminds that federal court does not strictly follow Texas’s Casteel approach to sufficiency review of multiple-theory cases: “This court employs a harmless-error ‘gloss,’ meaning that if we are ‘totally satisfied’ or ‘reasonably certain’ based on the focus of the evidence at trial that the jury’s verdict was not based on the theory with insufficient evidence, a new trial is unnecessary.” Substantively, the Court found sufficient evidence supported the verdict on each of the plaintiff’s three “theories of negligent hiring, operational control, and authorization of unsafe work practices.” No. 20-30038 (Jan. 11, 2021).
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