Litman v. Peoples Natural Gas Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
POPOVICH, Judge:
Appellant, Eugene Litman, appeals from the order of the court en banc denying his motion for a new trial and for partial judgment n.o.v., and which affirmed the trial court’s grant of appellee’s motion for a directed verdict. We affirm.
As we said in Continental Super Market Food Service, Inc. v. Soboski, 210 Pa.Super. 304, 309, 232 A.2d 216, 219 (1967):
“On a motion for a directed verdict, the facts must be considered in the light most favorable to the party against whom the motion is made. ‘. . . [T]he court must accept as true all the evidence of that party which supports his…
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