Court deciding motion for judgment

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A court deciding a motion for judgment as a matter of law has a difficult task. The court must carefully consider all available information to decide if any issues (claims, defenses, etc.) lack a legally sufficient evidentiary basis. Let's see what evidence the court may consider, and how it must approach considering that evidence, when resolving a Rule 50(a) motion.

In ruling on a Rule 50(a) motion, the court may.... a. consider evidence that was not admitted at trial. b. substitute its opinion of the facts for what jury's may have been. c. draw all reasonable factual inferences in favor of the non-moving party. d. resolve all disputes in favor of the non-moving party. e. weigh the evidence. f. assess credibility. review the entire record.

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