Godat v. Mercantile Bank of Northwest County

SMITH, Judge.

Plaintiff, David Godat, appeals the action of the trial court granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of defendant, Mercantile Bank of Northwest County (Mercantile). The jury had returned a verdict for plaintiff in the amount of $200,000. The trial court also conditionally granted defendant’s motion for new trial on the basis that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. We affirm.

In this case we review the facts and the inferences to be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the verdict and the party who prevailed before the jury. Stark v.…