Gilbert v. Cliche

WERNICK, Justice.

This appeal challenges the entry by the Superior Court (Kennebec County), for the second time, of a judgment in favor of defendant notwithstanding the verdict of a jury that defendant was liable to plaintiff.

Some fifteen months ago, in Gilbert v. Cliche, Me., 379 A.2d 717 (1977), we decided that the Superior Court’s first judgment n. o. v. in favor of defendant must be set aside because the presiding Justice had acted without defendant’s having filed a motion for judgment n. o. v. and thus improperly under Rule 50(b) M.R.Civ.P. We therefore remanded the case to the Superior…