Conn. Practice Book § 16-37

Whenever a motion for a directed verdict made

at any time after the close of the plaintiff’s case-in-chief is denied or for any reason is not granted,

the judicial authority is deemed to have submitted

the action to the jury subject to a later determination of the legal questions raised by the motion.

The defendant may offer evidence in the event

the motion is not granted, without having reserved

the right to do so and to the same extent as if the

motion had not been made. After the acceptance

of a verdict and within the time stated in Section

16-35 for filing a motion to set a verdict aside, a

party who has moved for a directed verdict may

move to have the verdict and any judgment rendered thereon set aside and have judgment ren -

dered in accordance with his or her motion for a

directed verdict; or if a verdict was not returned

such party may move for judgment in accordance

with his or her motion for a directed verdict within

the aforesaid time after the jury has been dis -

charged from consideration of the case. If a verdict was returned, the judicial authority may allow

the judgment to stand or may set the verdict aside

and either order a new trial or direct the entry of

judgment as if the requested verdict had been

directed. If no verdict was returned, the judicial

authority may direct the entry of judgment as if

the requested verdict had been directed or may

order a new trial.