Felts v. Liberty Emergency Service, P.A.

ORR, Judge.

The sole question presented on appeal is whether the trial court erred in directing verdict for defendants at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence.

The purpose of a motion for directed verdict under N.C. Gen. Stat. sec. 1A-1, Rule 50(a) is to test the legal sufficiency of the evidence to take the case to the jury. Wallace v. Evans, 60 N.C. App. 145, 298 S.E.2d 193 (1982). In determining such a motion, plaintiffs “should be given the benefit of all reasonable inferences; and that the motion should be denied if there is any evidence more than a scintilla to support plaintiff’s prima…