Bruegge v. Mastertemp, Inc.

JOHNSON, Judge.

The ultimate issue we must decide is whether plaintiffs’ evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to them, was sufficient for submission to the jury. See, e.g., Wallace v. Evans, 60 N.C. App. 145, 298 S.E. 2d 193 (1982). The purpose of a motion for directed verdict was stated in Wallace, supra, as follows:

Settled principles establish that the purpose of a G.S. 1A-1, Rule 50(a) motion for directed verdict is to test the legal sufficiency of the evidence to take the case to the jury and to support a verdict for plaintiffs; that in determining such a motion the…