Hill v. Winn-Dixie Charlotte, Inc.

ARNOLD, Judge.

In her first assignment of error, plaintiff argues that the superior court committed reversible error in granting defendants’ motion for dismissal pursuant to Rule 50. A motion for directed verdict tests the legal sufficiency of the evidence to take the case to the jury and support a verdict for the plaintiff. Wallace v. Evans, 60 N.C. App. 145, 298 S.E.2d 193 (1982). A court reviewing such a motion must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party. The motion is granted only if the evidence is insufficient, as a matter of law, to support a verdict…