Court Opinion

ID: 9596994
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:54:52.544669+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:43:45.595375
License: Public Domain

Evans, Judge.
This case involves the question of whether a plaintiff, who introduces evidence creating a presumption in his *571favor, is allowed to go to the jury (that is, to withstand the onslaught of defendant’s motion for summary judgment) without introducing new evidence, especially where defendant’s evidence creates a presumption in plaintiff’s favor to rebut defendant’s evidence.
Remembering that in all summary judgment cases, every inference must be construed most strongly in favor of the one opposing the motion, and all evidence must be construed most strongly against movant, it is my firm belief that the plaintiff here should not have summary judgment granted against him, and I would still reverse the lower court. In my original dissent I commented on language used by the majority in the first division, which language has been removed and taken out of the opinion following my dissent. This may help to explain my dissent’s referring to language which was once with us but is now departed. I do not believe the changes made by the majority authorize any different opinion, which is my reason for continuing to dissent.