21 Wash. App. 1 - Mike v. Tharp’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 88 Wash. 2d 887 - Roberts v. Atlantic Richfield Co. · 87 Wash. 2d 796 - Hsu Ying Li v. Tang · 89 Wash. 2d 474 - Haysom v. Coleman Lantern Co. · 78 Wash. 2d 362 - State v. Todd · Pavish v. Meyers
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“A motion for a directed verdict admits the truth of the evidence of the party against whom the motion is made and all inferences that reasonably can be drawn therefrom. In addition, such a motion . . . requires that the evidence be interpreted most strongly against the moving party and in the light most favorable to the opposing party . . . [T]he trial court can grant such a motion only when it can be held as a matter of law that there is no evidence, nor reasonable inference from the evidence, to sustain the verdict.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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