Hornby v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance

JOHNSON, Judge.

The question raised by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in directing a verdict for Penn at the close of the plaintiffs evidence. In determining whether the evidence is sufficient to *422withstand a motion for directed verdict under Rule 50(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiffs evidence must be taken as true and all the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to him, giving him the benefit of every reasonable inference which may legitimately be drawn therefrom, with conflicts, contradictions and inconsistencies being resolved in plaintiffs favor.…