Sanchez v. Stremel

"This matter having been under advisement, and the Court being fully advised in the premises finds that the statement of Plaintiffs Counsel in closing argument to the effect that The Court would have directed a verdict for Defendants if the Court had not felt there was sufficient evidence of negligence to go to the jury was prejudicial to Defendants and deprived them of a fair trial for the reason that, viewed in its strongest light, the evidence of negligent conduct of Defendants was so tenuous as to create a doubt of its actual existence.