Gasser v. John Knox Village

FENNER, Judge.

Appellant, William Gasser, filed a Third Amended Petition against respondent, John Knox Village, in June of 1984, seeking damages for breach of contract. The case was tried by a jury which returned a verdict on September 26, 1987, in favor of Gasser in the amount of $107,000. John Knox Village filed a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or in the alternative for a new trial. The trial court granted the motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, from which grant Gasser now appeals. The motion for new trial was overruled.

In reviewing the trial court’s decision to…