Norwood v. Sherwin-Williams Co.

WEBB, Judge.

If the defendant was entitled to a directed verdict at the end of all the evidence, the judgment notwithstanding the verdict was properly entered. See Dickinson v. Pake, 284 N.C. 576, 201 S.E. 2d 897 (1974). We hold that all the evidence shows the plaintiff was contributorily negligent and we affirm the judgment of the superior court.

A plaintiff who trips or falls over an object on the premises of another is barred from recovery by his or her contributory negligence if the object is in a position at which the plaintiff would have seen it had he or she looked. See Routh v.…