Garrett v. Overman

GREENE, Judge.

The plaintiff appeals the trial court’s order entered 31 July 1990 wherein the trial court granted the defendants’ directed verdict motion made at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence.

The evidence viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff tends to show the following: On 31 January 1989, between 6:00 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., the plaintiff was driving to work on Bethlehem Road in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. While driving down that road, a horse collided with the plaintiff’s car. After the horse had rolled over the car, the plaintiff brought the car to a stop in a nearby…