Opinion ID: 1059483
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: standard of review

Text: We review the trial court's decision to grant or deny the motions to strike the evidence and set aside the jury's verdict in accordance with well-established principles. Where the trial court has set aside a jury verdict, that verdict is not entitled to the same weight as a verdict which has been approved by the trial court. Nevertheless, this Court will accord the party who received the verdict the benefit of all substantial conflict in the evidence, as well as all reasonable inferences that could be drawn therefrom. However, if a jury necessarily has reached its conclusions based on speculation and conjecture, the plaintiff's case fails. O'Brien v. Everfast, Inc., 254 Va. 326, 330, 491 S.E.2d 712, 714 (1997) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).