Court Opinion

ID: 9530239
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:58:33.975994+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:02.631765
License: Public Domain

Gunderson, J.,
dissenting:
I respectfully dissent.
My brethren first decide that the lower court incorrectly instructed the jury, to the appellant’s disadvantage. Despite this error, appellants prevailed. The district court entered a judgment n.o.v. On appeal, instead of determining whether the evidence sustains the jury’s verdict, when correct legal principles are applied, my brethren have elected to review the record as though the district court’s admittedly incorrect legal instructions were correct.
I am unclear just how NRCP 51, which requires an objection if an unsuccessful litigant is to complain of a jury verdict, may be applied to preclude a successful litigant from complaining that a judgment n.o.v. is unwarranted.