Salaman v. City of Waterbury

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the trial court improperly granted the named defendant’s1 motions to set aside the verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The plaintiff argues that, as a matter of law, the trial court improperly rendered judgment notwithstanding the verdict on a ground never presented by the defendant city of Waterbury (city) in its motion for a directed verdict. He claims that under our rules of practice, and as a matter of constitutional law, the trial court was procedurally barred from acting as it did. As an alternative ground for reversal, the…