Christine Cosme, et al. v. Debora A. Warfield, et al.

── Christine Cosme, et al. v. Debora A. Warfield, et al. ── Case No.: 24S-CT-00159 Court: Indiana Supreme Court Date: May 06, 2024 Author: Justice Geoffrey Slaughter County of Origin: Lake Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed, Reversed and Remanded We reaffirmed this standard in Purcell v. Old National Bank, 972 N.E.2d 835 (Ind. 2012). There, we held a trial court may review evidence both quantitatively and qualitatively. But this standard left open a question we must resolve today—whether a court may take on the jury’s fact-finding role to weigh evidence and assess witness credibility at the close of the plaintiff’s case. We hold that at the directed-verdict stage, the court can review whether inferences from the evidence are reasonable,...