Richard T. Gilpin and Ruth Gilpin, His Wife v. Alyssa E. Langan’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. “must examine the record in a light most favorable to [the verdict winner], and review the specific evidence in the record and all inferences reasonably capable of being drawn therefrom. [The court] must determine whether, as a matter of law, the record is critically deficient of that minimum quantum of evidence from which a jury might reasonably afford relief.... [I]t should be granted sparingly and circumspectly. Nevertheless the federal courts do not follow the rule that a scintilla of evidence is enough. The question is not whether there is literally no evidence supporting the party against whom the motion is directed but whether there is evidence upon which the jury could properly find a verdict for that party.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 899 F. Supp. 1385 - Younis Bros. & Co. v. Cigna Worldwide Insurance · Keith v. Truck Stops Corp. of America