bongsang Yeo, Plaintiff, v. park dae gam ne, inc., et al. Defendants.

Case No.: BC638377

Hearing Date: June 29, 2018

[Proposed] order RE:

(1) Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict

(2) Motion for New Trial

A. Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict

“The court, before the expiration of its power to rule on a motion for a new trial, either on its own motion, after five days’ notice, or on motion of a party against whom a verdict has been rendered, shall render judgment in favor of the aggrieved party notwithstanding the verdict whenever a motion for a directed verdict for the aggrieved party should have been granted had a previous motion been made.” (CCP § 629.) A motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (“JNOV”) has the same function as a motion for directed verdict. (Beavers v. Allstate Ins. Co. (1990) 225 Cal. App. 3d 310, 327 [“The court’s power to grant a nonsuit or to direct a verdict are particularly analogous to the power to grant a [JNOV motion], s