Trawick v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the lower court erred in refusing appellant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. 1

Our scope of review in assessing a lower court’s ruling on a motion for judgment n. o. v. was comprehensively summarized by Judge HOFFMAN in his opinion for the court in Eldridge v. Melcher, 226 Pa.Super. 381, 386, 313 A.2d 750, 753 (1973) (citations have been omitted) :

A judgment n. o. v. is the directing of a verdict in favor of the losing party, despite a verdict to the contrary. It may only be entered in a clear case where the evidence is…