The appeals on the first case will affect the results of the second.
“The appeals on the first case will affect the results of the second.”
That will be true IF the judgment from the first case is set aside. As I’ve said elsewhere, though, I doubt that it will be.
Everyone on FR keeps pounding on the evidence that favored Trump (notably the reasons to question Carroll’s credibility). The appellate court, however, will ask whether there was some evidence that favored Carroll. There was. There was Carroll’s sworn testimony, plus the negative inference the jury could draw from Trump’s failure to offer his own sworn testimony.
On that record, appellate judges are very likely to honor the jury verdict. Even if the judges think the evidence the other way is, on balance, stronger, they won’t substitute their opinion for that of the jury. When there’s evidence both ways, the jury gets to decide. That’s why we have juries. They render verdicts, not advisory opinions.