§ 25-1315.03.Order for directed verdict or for new trial; appeal.

Section 25-1315.03 closes out the directed-verdict trilogy by addressing appeal rights. An order entering judgment as provided in § 25-1315.02 — whether the trial court let the verdict stand, reopened it for a new trial, or directed judgment as originally requested in the directed verdict motion — is an appealable order. So is an order granting or denying a new trial in that same context. The time and manner for taking that appeal track an ordinary appeal from a judgment, decree, or final order of the district court in a civil action; the directed-verdict posture does not create a special appellate track.

The statute also gives the appellate court real power once the case is before it. On appeal from an order granting a new trial, on review of an order denying a new trial in the same action, or on appeal from the judgment itself, the appellate court may order and direct that judgment be entered in favor of whichever party was entitled to it. The appellate court is not limited to sending the case back for another trial — it can resolve the matter directly if the record supports doing so.