Samson v. Riesing

This case was decided by granting the motions of the defendants for a directed verdict. The trial judge did.not permit the case to go to the jury; and following the decision on the motions, the jury was dismissed and judgment entered. The plaintiffs argued that the trial judge’s order not only violated this court’s standards for resolving a case on a motion for summary judgment but also followed a procedure which does not have the approval of this court.

We have admonished trial judges that, where there is a motion for directed verdict, it is the better practice to reserve the ruling on the…