Jordan v. Flake

PeR Cueiam.

G.S. 1-224 provides: “In actions where a verdict passes against the plaintiff, judgment shall be entered against him.”

“(A) verdict ‘passes/ when it has been accepted by the trial judge for record ... A verdict is accepted by the judge when he has inspected it and finds, or should as a matter of law find, that it is determinative of the issues involved.” Insurance Co. v. Walton, 256 N.C. 345, 349, 123 S.E. 2d 780, 784. (Italics ours.)

It has long been settled by the decisions of this Court that, in actions such as this, when the jury finds that the plaintiff was injured by the…