Yeager v. Roberts

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

The circuit judge granted the appellees’ motion for a new trial because the jury’s verdict was against the preponderance of the evidence. On appeal it is argued that since the appellees, plaintiffs below, did not move for a directed verdict, they were precluded by ARCP Rule 50(e) from moving for a new trial. We find no merit to this argument and affirm the decision of the trial court.

This is a negligence case involving an accident between a tractor-trailer rig and a car. The issue of liability was virtually conceded by the appellants. The appellants are the driver and…