General Motors Corp. v. Seay

On March 24, 2003, a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City found in favor of Randall C. Seay in his wrongful termination case against General Motors Corporation (“GM”) and Gerry Grant, a labor relations representative at GM (collectively “GM” unless otherwise indicated). During the trial, GM made a motion for judgment at the close of Seay’s case-in-chief and, ostensibly, again at the close of its own case. GM did not, however, renew the motion following rebuttal testimony offered by Mr. Seay. On April 3, 2003, GM filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”), or in…