Hawks v. Brindle

CLARK, Judge.

Plaintiffs assign as error the trial court’s granting of a directed verdict for defendants at the close of plaintiffs’ evidence on the issue of fraud. A motion for directed verdict raises the question of whether the non-movant has produced enough evidence to go to the jury. The non-movant’s evidence must be taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to him, and a directed verdict may be properly granted only if, as a matter of law, the evidence is insufficient to justify a verdict for the non-movant. See W. Shuford, N.C. Civ. Prac. & Proc. § 50-5 (1975) and cases…