Disney, VidAngel Clash on New Trial, Amended Damages Ask

VidAngel's motions seeking a new trial or to alter an earlier verdict lack substance and don't come close to meeting the standards for a new trial or showing the jury verdict was obviously unreasonable in its statutory awards, Disney said Monday in a docket 16-cv-04109 oppositions (see here and here, in Pacer) in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. It said most of the alleged errors that supposedly justify a new trial are objections to evidence or rulings on jury instructions. In its motion (in Pacer) to amend or alter the judgment, VidAngel said Disney received statutory damages awards without proving it had lost profits or suffered any actual damages when it "inflamed the jury with unsupported speculation that VidAngel threatened the very existence of the movie industry." Its motion (in Pacer) for a new trial listed what it said were 17 separate court errors or other evidence necessitating a new trial. Disney was awarded $62.4 million in its copyright violation complaint against VidAngel (see 1906180003)