Evans v. Stiles

HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant assigns as error the denial of his motion for a directed verdict. At trial the plaintiff offered evidence tending to show the following:

The plaintiff, who worked at the Peachtree Products plant in Cherokee County, N. C., arrived for work at approximately 6:45 a.m. on 18 June 1974 to begin work on the 7:00 a.m. shift. She parked in the parking lot maintained for employees and visitors which was in front of the plant.

The vehicular access lane in the parking lot has directional arrows painted on the pavement which indicate the intended flow of traffic — one-way—through…