What is the difference between granting a defendant a new trial and denying a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Jones v. Evans, 4 Cal.App.3d 115, 84 Cal.Rptr. 6 (Cal. App. 1970):

Since the tests are completely different, there is nothing inconsistent in granting a defendant a new trial and denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. (Montijo v. Western Greyhound Lines (1963) 219 Cal.App.2d 342, 33 Cal.Rptr. 184.) We need not discuss the evidence with respect to each of the three causes of action since we conclude that there was evidence sufficient to support the verdict with respect to at least one of the causes of action.

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