Management Committee of Graystone Pines Homeowners Ass'n Ex Rel. Owners of the Condominiums v. Graystone Pines, Inc.

HALL, Chief Justice:

Plaintiff brought this action seeking damages for alleged defects and deficiencies in the construction of residential condominiums. At the close of all of the evidence, the trial court directed a verdict in favor of defendants and plaintiff appeals.

In directing a verdict, the court is not free to weigh the evidence and thus invade the province of the jury, whose prerogative it is to judge the facts. 1 A directed verdict is only appropriate when the court is able to conclude, as a matter of law, that reasonable minds would not differ on the facts to be determined from the…