Jolley v. General Motors Corp.

HEDRICK, Judge.

Plaintiff assigns as error the court’s granting of defendant’s motion for directed verdict. In determining whether a motion for directed verdict should be granted, the non-movant’s evidence must be taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to him; a directed verdict is properly granted if and only if the evidence is insufficient to justify a verdict for the nonmovant. Hawks v. Brindle, 51 N.C. App. 19, 275 S.E. 2d 277 (1981). In the present case, the plaintiff’s evidence must be examined to determine if it would be sufficient to support a verdict for either…