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WILLIAMS v. SALEM FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH

No. 1D00-1863.

784 So.2d 1232 (2001)

A.L. WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. SALEM FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon L. Ray, Marianna, for Appellant.

J. Shad Redmon of Bondurant & Fuqua, P. A., Marianna, for Appellee.

KAHN, J.

In this case, the trial judge committed a procedural error by granting a directed verdict for the plaintiff at the close of plaintiff's case. Numerous cases find that a violation of Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.480, and even of due process, occurs where a party moves for and obtains a directed verdict before the time that the party moved against has completed its case in chief. See, e.g., Dep't of HRS v. Marlow, 448 So.2d 1106...

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