Thomas v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 568 So. 2d 1182 - Benjamin v. Hooper Electronic Supply Co. · Weary v. State · 540 So. 2d 35 - Payne v. Rain Forest Nurseries, Inc. · 528 So. 2d 796 - Hall v. Mississippi Chemical Exp., Inc. · Smith v. Averill
Most-quoted passages
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“The trial court may direct a verdict for the defendant at the close of the plaintiff's proof under authority of Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 50(a) if, in the opinion of the court, the plaintiff has failed to present credible evidence to establish the necessary elements of his right to recover. Hall v. Mississippi Chem. Express, Inc., 528 So.2d 796, 798 (Miss.1988). The court must consider all evidence then before it in the light most favorable to the plaintiff and must concede to the plaintiff all favorable inferences that could reasonably be said to arise from that evidence. Benjamin v. Hooper Electronic Supply Co., Inc., 568 So.2d 1182, 1187 (Miss.1990). Only if, viewed in that light, the court determines that the matter is so overwhelmingly in favor of the defendant that no reasonable juror could find for the plaintiff, should the court direct a defendant's verdict. Id.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage
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