Carolina Timber Management Company, Inc. v. Bell

CAMPBELL, Judge.

The defendant assigns as error the failure of the trial court to grant defendant’s motions for directed verdict made at the close of plaintiff’s evidence and again when defendant offered no evidence. The defendant is correct in his contention that the right to recover for loss of use of a vehicle during the time in which the plaintiff is necessarily deprived of it is limited to situations in which the vehicle can be repaired at a reasonable cost in a reasonable time. Roberts v. Freight Carriers, 273 N.C. 600, 160 S.E. 2d 712 (1968). It is the defendant’s contention that, the…