Smith v. Ridgeway Chemicals, Inc.

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• holding that a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is available to a party suffering an adverse jury verdict only when the same issues were first presented to the trial court in a motion for a directed verdict at the close of all the evidence
• \[A JNOV] motion is available to one suffering an adverse ruling of the jury only when the same issues were submitted to the judge at the directed verdict stage.\
• “Inasmuch as no motion was made for a directed verdict at the conclusion of the trial, no motion for relief as a matter of law is available after the jury verdict.”

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