Opinion ID: 2216242
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Heading: standard of review

Text: A motion for new trial is addressed to the discretion of the trial court, whose decision will be upheld in the absence of an abuse of that discretion. Wolfe v. Abraham, 244 Neb. 337, 506 N.W.2d 692 (1993); Petska v. Olson Gravel, Inc., 243 Neb. 568, 500 N.W.2d 828 (1993). A motion for new trial is to be granted only when error prejudicial to the rights of the unsuccessful party has occurred. Wolfe, supra . The discretion of a trial court in ruling on a motion for new trial is only the power to apply the statutes and legal principles to all facts of the case; a new trial may be granted only where legal cause exists. Id. A trial court may not grant a new trial merely because it would reach a different result than did the jury. Id. When the granting of a new trial requires a consideration of conflicting evidence, the findings of the trial court thereon will not ordinarily be disturbed on appeal. Kremlacek v. Sedlacek, 190 Neb. 460, 209 N.W.2d 149 (1973).