Opinion ID: 2610235
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Defendant is entitled to a new trial because of errors recognized in the order granting a new trial.

Text: Plaintiff also contends that the trial court erred in its alternative order for a new trial, which was entered because the trial court held that it had erred in not withdrawing from the jury plaintiff's claim of general damages for alleged termination of employment and elimination of his opportunities for advancement and also in instructing the jury, in effect, that when there has been an attachment which was proper in itself, but the ultimate verdict on the merits of the case has been against the party obtaining the attachment, such an attachment must then be considered as having been wrongful as a matter of law. For reasons previously stated, the trial court erred in not withdrawing from the jury plaintiff's claim of damages for alleged termination of employment and elimination of opportunities for advancement. [13] Similarly, for the reason (as previously stated) that want of probable cause for the attachment is a necessary element in such an action, it also follows that the trial court erred in giving an instruction which had the effect of eliminating any such requirement. [14] For all of these reasons, we hold that the trial court did not err in its alternative order for a new trial, but that it was error for the trial court to enter judgment for defendant and against plaintiff. [15] Reversed and remanded for new trial.