Opinion ID: 752950
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Heading: Standard for Granting Judgment as a Matter of Law

Text: 44 A court may not properly grant judgment as a matter of law unless, viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party, 'the evidence is such that, without weighing the credibility of the witnesses or otherwise considering the weight of the evidence, there can be but one conclusion as to the verdict that reasonable men could have reached.'  Samuels v. Air Transport Local 504, 992 F.2d 12, 14 (2d Cir.1993) (quoting Simblest v. Maynard, 427 F.2d 1, 4 (2d Cir.1970)). In ruling on a motion for judgment as a matter of law, a court must view the evidence in a light most favorable to the nonmovant and grant that party every reasonable inference that the jury might have drawn in its favor. Id. at 16. Judgment as a matter of law is improper unless, properly viewed,  'the evidence points so strongly in favor of one party that a reasonable jury could reach but one conclusion, in favor of that party.'  Pan Am. World Airways, Inc. v. Port Auth., 995 F.2d 5, 8 (2d Cir.1993) (quoting Fane v. Zimmer, Inc., 927 F.2d 124, 128 (2d Cir.1991)). We review the evidence in light of this well-established standard. 45