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Can he call for an appeal or mistrial based on inadequate legal protection or ineffective assistance of council?
Is that a thing?
Not in a civil trial. That's only for criminal trials.
Cool, thanks
Won't stop him from trying. Delay, delay, delay
Having to put up 120% of the judgment amount in order to file an appeal might stop him, however. He probably doesn’t have that much cash lying around, and his properties may be tied up in other legal matters, so he might not be able to use them as collateral.
He'll just use campaign funds and hope he becomes president so he can pardon himself for illegally using campaign funds
Saudis might sport a bond for him. They’re pretty tight.
You can appeal civil cases. Happens all the time. You constantly hear "jury awarded 1 billion dollars but was reduced to 50 dollars on appeals."
https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2023/12/07/what-if-the-jury-awarded-1b-ga-appellate-court-weighs-maximum-for-nominal-damages/?slreturn=20240030084445
Is there an upper limit for a jury award of nominal damages? The Georgia Court of Appeals is set to weigh in after Walmart, represented by attorneys from Florida-based firm GrayRobinson, appealed a $1 million personal injury verdict on Tuesday, arguing the jury awarded nothing for pain, suffering or medical losses and $1 million is not a “trivial amount”—even if the defendant is Walmart.
They didn't say you couldn't appeal a civil case. They said that ineffective counsel can't be the basis of that appeal.