Collins Oilfield Maintenance v. Shell Oil Co., Inc.

12 F.3d 1105 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. COLLINS OILFIELD MAINTENANCE, a California Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, INC., a Delaware Corporation; and Shell Western E & P, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-16134. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 4, 1993. Decided Dec. 13, 1993. Before: HUG, FARRIS, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 The district court may grant judgment as a matter of law if "there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis for a reasonable jury to have found for that party with respect to that issue." Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a)(1). Judgment as a matter of law is proper when the evidence permits only one reasonable conclusion as to the verdict. Venegas v. Wagner, 831 F.2d 1514, 1517 (9th Cir.1987). Neither the district court nor this court is free to weigh the evidence or reach a result that it finds more reasonable if the jury's verdict is…