CALOGERO, Chief Justice.
We granted the writ application filed by defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. ("State Farm"), to determine whether the district court exceeded its authority when it ordered a new trial on its own motion, while at the same time refusing to grant a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict ("JNOV") filed by plaintiff, Diane T. Horton, a pleading that did not include an alternative motion for new trial. For the reasons...
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