Supreme Court of the United States February 22, 2000, 99-161 (Weisgram v. Marley Co.)

Justice Ginsburg

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the respective authority of federal trial and appellate courts to decide whether, as a matter of law, judgment should be entered in favor of a verdict loser. The pattern we confront is this. Plaintiff in a product liability action gains a jury verdict.