Flanders v. Shell Seekers, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

I. THE INTRODUCTION

The question presented is whether the Court should grant the defendants' Rule 50 FED.R.CIV.R motion and take the case away from the jury at the close of all the evidence in this tort case, in which the plaintiff alleges wrongful discharge and defamation against the defendants. For the reasons that follow, the defendants' Rule 50 Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law will be granted.

On May 18,1998, the jury was impanelled in this matter, and on May 20, 1998 the jury was sworn and the trial commenced. At the close of the plaintiff's case, the defendants…