Skjonsby v. Ness

CLIFFORD JANSONIUS, District Judge, retired; now Supreme Court Commissioner.

The legal issue in this case arises by virtue of an order of the trial court reducing a jury verdict or, in lieu thereof, granting a new trial. The main issue, therefore, is whether the trial court was justified in reducing the verdict or if such reduction amounted to an abuse of the court’s discretion. The pertinent part of the order reads as follows:

“It is hereby ordered that the motion of the defendant for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is denied and that the motion of the defendant for a new trial is…