In the United States courts, a motion for judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) is a motion made by a party, during trial, claiming the opposing party has insufficient evidence to reasonably support its case.
[1] It asserts that the evidence allows only one result: victory for the moving party, even if a jury has found otherwise.
[2] JMOL is also known as a directed verdict, which it has replaced in American federal courts.
[8] If there is no evidence to support a reasonable conclusion for the opposing party, judgment is entered by the court and the case is over.
[9] If there is sufficient evidence to make a reasonable conclusion in favor of the opposing party, but there is equally strong evidence to support an opposite conclusion, the party with the burden of persuasion fails.