Estate of William George Dyer v. Dist. Ct. (Guernier)

Subsequently, the jury returned a verdict in favor of real parties in interest, who then filed a motion for additur with an alternative motion for a new trial. The district court granted the latter. Petitioner then filed a motion for reconsideration of the order granting a new trial and, while that motion was pending, filed an appeal from that same order. After the district court denied reconsideration, petitioner filed an emergency motion to stay the proceedings below. Upon granting the stay, we filed an order for petitioner to show cause as to why we should not dismiss that portion of the…