Harry v. Safeway Stores, Inc.

YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.

The defendant has moved for a judgment notwithstanding the verdicts for the plaintiffs, and in the alternative for a new trial, upon the grounds that the verdicts are contrary to the weight of the evidence and grossly excessive, and that the missing witness rule should not have been a part of the Court’s instructions to the jury. After the consideration of written memoranda and oral argument by both parties, the Court has reached the following conclusions:

As to the claim that the verdicts are contrary to the weight of the evidence and grossly excessive, suffice it to…