Henderson v. St. Francis Community Hospital

Toal, Justice:

In this personal injury action, Peggy Henderson, the plaintiff, received a jury verdict of $75,000 for actual damages. The trial judge granted the defendants’ motions for a judgment non obstante veredicto on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted certiorari and find that more than one reasonable inference can be drawn from the evidence and therefore the motions for judgment non obstante veredicto should have been denied. Accordingly, the decision reported at 295 S.C. 441, 369 S.E. (2d) 652 (1988) is…