La Grenade v. Gordon

WELLS, Judge.

By her third assignment of error, plaintiff contends that the trial judge erred in granting defendants’ motion for directed verdict. On a defendant’s motion for directed verdict, all the evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, and a directed verdict may be granted only if when so viewed the evidence is insufficient to justify a verdict for the plaintiff. Manganello v. Permastone, Inc., 291 N.C. 666, 231 S.E. 2d 678 (1977). The moving party must state the specific grounds for his directed verdict motion, G.S. 1A-1, Rule 50(a), and our appellate…