Mehra v. Bentz

OPINION

PLATT, District Judge.

Defendants move pursuant to Rule 50 (b) and (c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for a judgment notwithstanding a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $10,000 on plaintiff’s first claim and $69,500 on *649plaintiff’s second claim on the grounds that: (i) there was no evidence of negligence on the part of the defendants, and (ii) plaintiff’s intestate was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

At the close of the evidence offered by the plaintiff and at the close of all of the evidence defendants moved to dismiss on the foregoing…