O'Connor v. Ralph Thrift, Inc.

In an action for personal injury arising out of an intersection collision in Gold Beach, defendants obtained a jury verdict. The trial court denied plaintiffs motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, but allowed her motion for a new trial. In her motion for a new trial, plaintiff contended that there was no evidence from which the jury could return a verdict for defendants and that the court erred in failing to take their contributory negligence defense from the jury. Her motion for a new trial was nothing more than a restatement of her motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.…