Legal Opinion
Holmes v. Wilson
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 1977PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HENRY, Justice.
The appellate disposition of this civil action for damages turns upon a construction of Rule 50.03, Tenn.R.Civ.P.
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At the conclusion of all the evidence, the defendant moved the court for a directed verdict on the basis of an alleged insufficiency of material evidence upon which to predicate liability. The trial judge overruled the motion, and, under Rule 50.02 *684Tenn.R.Civ.P. is “deemed to have submitted the action to the jury subject to a later determination of the legal questions raised by the motion.”
The jury awarded damages in the sum of $28,000.00.
Defendant, pursuant…
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- John S. Mays v. Pioneer Lumber Corporation, a West Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- Berner v. British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- W. A. Compton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Sylvester Hansen v. Firestone Tire and Rubber CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
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