Gliner v. Saint-Gobain Norton Industrial Ceramics Corp.

Civ.R. 50(A)(4) provides that when a party moves for a directed verdict and “the trial court, after construing the evidence most strongly in favor of the party against whom the motion is directed, finds that upon any determinative issue reasonable minds could come to but one conclusion upon the evidence submitted and that conclusion is adverse to such party, the court shall sustain the motion and direct a verdict for the moving party as to that issue.” In this case, the trial court denied St. Gobain’s motion for a directed verdict.

The court of appeals, after a de novo review of the evidence,…