Legal Opinion
Ross v. Rhodes Furniture, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 20, 1998No. 97-6729PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAINE, Senior District Judge:
Arthur Ross appeals the district court’s setting aside a jury verdict that awarded him more than thirty seven thousand dollars in back pay. We reverse and remand with instructions to the district court to reinstate and enter judgment on the jury’s verdict. First, the record on appeal is insufficient to permit an evaluation of whether the trial court erred when it granted the defendant’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law. Second, our de novo review of the trial testimony convinces us that the jury could have reasonably disbelieved the defendant’s…
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