Shannon v. Hulett

Defendants appeal an order of the Jefferson County District Court granting plaintiff a new trial after a jury returned a defense verdict in a personal injury case. Although defendants raise several issues concerning a claim that the trial court abused its discretion, we decline to decide the *206case on the merits at this time because the trial court, in granting a new trial, failed to comply with Rule 59(f), M.R.Civ.P., which requires that:

“Any order of the court granting a new trial, shall specify the grounds therefor with sufficient particularity as to apprise the parties and the appellate…