Porras v. Campbell Sales Co.

OPINION

EUBANK, Judge.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court properly applied the “accepted work doctrine” to this case when it granted the appellee’s motion for a directed verdict. We hold that the trial court misconstrued the accepted work doctrine and that the motion for directed verdict was improperly granted.

When reviewing a directed verdict:

[W]e must consider the evidence and reasonable inferences therefrom in a light most favorable to the opposing party, Tanner v. Levie, 105 Ariz. 149, 460 P.2d 995 (1969). Moreover, the court cannot weigh the evidence when passing upon…