Opinion ID: 2262524
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Heading: Plaintiffs' Motions for Judgments N.O.V.

Text: At the close of all the evidence the Plaintiffs moved for directed verdicts of judgment in their favor against the Defendants Guerette, Bonnet and Campbell. Their motions were denied. Following the jury verdicts the Plaintiffs again raised the issue of whether the evidence as presented could support jury verdicts for the Defendants by filing Motions for Judgments N.O.V. which were also denied. The Plaintiffs have assigned as error the Justice's refusal to grant the Motions for Judgments N.O.V. M.R.C.P., Rule 50(c). We test the Justice's refusal to grant the Motions for Judgments N.O.V. by examining the evidence in the light most favorable to the party in whose favor the jury verdict was returned. Moore v. Fenton, Me., 289 A.2d 698, 700 (1972); Avery v. Brown, Me., 288 A.2d 713, 714-715 (1972); Knowles v. Jenney, 157 Me. 392, 399, 173 A.2d 347, 351 (1961). It is the unanimous conclusion of the Court that the Justice's refusal to grant the Motions for Judgments N.O.V. in the Plaintiffs' actions against Robert Guerette, Jr. and Louis W. Campbell should be sustained. The Court is evenly divided as to the Plaintiffs' claim of error in the Justice's refusal to grant their Motion for Judgment N.O.V. in their action against Christopher P. Bonnet and therefore, his refusal in this action is sustained also. The entries must be: Appeals sustained. New trial ordered.