Neely v. American Family Mutual Insurance

ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 50(b) AND MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL PURSUANT TO F.R.C.P. 59 AND PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR NEW TRIAL

BENNETT, District Judge.

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Perhaps just as important as the right of trial by jury to the just disposition of disputes between parties in civil litigation is the right of the parties to seek post-trial scrutiny of the jury’s verdict by the court. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide, in proper circumstances, for relief from the jury’s verdict, either by judicial entry of judgment as a matter of…