Mantua Manufacturing Co. v. Commerce Exchange Bank

This appeal invites us to determine whether the trial court correctly refused to grant appellant Commerce’s motion for a directed verdict *4and motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The standards applied to motions for directed verdict and motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict are identical. Nickell v. Gonzalez (1985), 17 Ohio St.3d 136, 137, 17 OBR 281, 282, 477 N.E.2d 1145, 1147, citing Ayers v. Woodard (1957), 166 Ohio St. 138, 1 O.O.2d 377, 140 N.E.2d 401, paragraph one of the syllabus. Specifically, either motion should be granted when “the trial court, after…