Martin v. Pope

DIETZ, Judge.

*642 Defendant Mack Pope appeals from a judgment finding him liable for concealing environmental contamination on property he sold to Plaintiffs Anthony and Sherry Martin.

As explained below, the bulk of Pope's arguments, which concern the statute of limitations and sufficiency of the evidence, are not preserved for appellate review because Pope failed to assert those issues in a directed verdict motion at the close of all the evidence at trial.

Pope's challenge to the trial court's answer to a jury question during deliberations likewise is barred because Pope initially consented to *643…