Ridge v. Grimes

WHICHARD, Judge.

If plaintiffs evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to him, giving him the benefit of all permissible inferences, tended to support all essential elements of actionable negligence, it was sufficient to survive the motion for directed verdict. Hunt v. Montgomery Ward and Co., 49 N.C. App. 638, 272 S.E. 2d 357 (1980), and authorities cited. His evidence, judged by this standard, was sufficient; and directed verdict thus was granted improperly.

The evidence here, viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, established the following facts: Defendant, in or about 1969,…