Notes and Comments

1.Nonsuit and directed verdict.These are the procedural tools that a litigant may use to short-circuit a litigation.That is to say,the defendant wishes to terminate the lawsuit by saying that there is no legal cause of action against him because the plaintiffs should have watched for themselves in using the privy.If they fail,it’s themselves who should be responsible.

2.As a matter of procedural matter,when a party moves for nonsuit or a directed verdict in its own favor,the court would,reasonably and fairly,take the evidence “most favorably” for the non-moving party,as it did in this case.That also means the burden of proof for the moving party was somewhat greater than“more likely than not.”(https://www.daowen.com)