Hall v. Coplon

ARNOLD, Judge.

Both plaintiff and defendant attack various aspects of the trial held in this matter. Assignments of error by both parties have merit and demand that we reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the case for a new trial.

As a cross-assignment of error, plaintiff contends that “the trial judge invaded the province of the jury by granting a directed verdict in favor of the defendant on the issue of the defendant’s shooting the plaintiff in the back.”

A motion for a directed verdict presents the question whether the evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to…