{"id":488,"date":"2021-01-16T16:29:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T16:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/what-is-additur-remittitur\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T15:35:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:35:45","slug":"what-is-additur-remittitur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/what-is-additur-remittitur\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Additur &#038; Remittitur?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/legal-articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legal Articles<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/personal-injury\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Personal Injury<\/a> | January 16, 2021<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/what-is-additur-remittitur.jpg\" alt=\"What Is Additur &amp; Remittitur?\"\/><br \/>\nWhen a personal injury case goes to trial, a jury verdict will often return a certain amount of money awarded to the plaintiff. In general, both parties in the case, the plaintiff and the defendant, have the ability to appeal the decision that the jury makes if they disagree with it. There are times, however, when the jury returns an award that is excessively low or excessively high. In these cases, additur and remittitur could be used, in lieu of an appeal, to increase or decrease the total damages awarded. Here, we want to discuss these two terms and how they are used in personal injury cases.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Additur?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/what-is-additur-remittitur\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What Is Additur &#038; Remittitur?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Articles,Personal Injury | January 16, 2021 When a personal injury case goes to trial, a jury verdict will often return a certain amount of money awarded to the plaintiff. In general, both parties in the case, the plaintiff and the defendant, have the ability to appeal the decision that the jury makes if they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-articles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Is Additur &amp; Remittitur?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"When a personal injury case goes to trial, a jury verdict will often return a certain amount of money awarded to the plaintiff. In general, both parties in the case, the plaintiff and the defendant, have the ability to appeal the decision that the jury makes if they disagree with it. 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