K-MART CORPORATION v. Butler
K-MART CORPORATION v. Butler
Opinion
This case involves claims based on negligence and on misrepresentation. At trial, at the close of all the evidence, appellant/defendant K-Mart made a motion for a directed verdict on the grounds that plaintiffs' evidence was insufficient to establish K-Mart's negligence and was insufficient to establish the alleged misrepresentation. The trial court denied the motion and sent the case to the jury on both counts. The jury returned a verdict against K-Mart, and the trial court entered judgment thereon. Without making any post-trial motions, K-Mart appealed to this Court.
On appeal, K-Mart argues that the trial court improperly denied its directed verdict motion because plaintiffs failed to make out a prima facie case on either count. Unfortunately, however, we cannot review the sufficiency of plaintiffs' evidence at the trial below, because when a defendant "[does] not move for a J.N.O.V. nor seek a new trial, the propriety of the trial court's failure to direct a verdict on the sufficiency of the plaintiff's evidence is not before us."McDonald's Corp. v. Grissom,
AFFIRMED.
TORBERT, C.J., and JONES, SHORES and ADAMS, JJ., concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- K-Mart Corporation v. Bobby Joe Butler
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- Published