How have courts treated the phrase “no evidence to support the jury’s verdict” in a civil case?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Reece v. Rumney et al, 2012 ONSC 780 (CanLII):
[16] The phrase “no evidence to support the jury’s verdict” describes the same circumstances as being “utterly devoid of evidentiary support”. McLean v. Knox, supra
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