Motion for Rehearing of a Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied.
Justice HECHT, joined by Justice OWEN, dissenting from the denial of the motion for rehearing of the petition for mandamus.
If after a three-week trial the court refuses to render judgment on the verdict and instead orders a new trial on its own initiative, is the party who prevailed with the jury entitled to some meaningful explanation, not just that a new trial is "in the interest of justice...
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