Court Opinion

ID: 9620604
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:44:41.377782+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:51.963056
License: Public Domain

AREND, Justice
(dissenting).
My brothers seem to base the result they have reached upon two rulings, either one of which would be dispositive of the case: (1) Rule 41(b) does not permit a trial court in a non-jury case to dismiss a plaintiff’s action, before the defendant has rested, in instances in which the plaintiff has made out a prima facie case. (2) The trial court in this case committed clear error when it found that the plaintiffs had failed to prove their case by a preponderance of the evidence.
I cannot agree with either ruling. In my opinion the judgment should be affirmed.