Shugar v. Guill

277 S.E.2d 126 (1981)

Gilbert SHUGAR

v.

H. L. GUILL

No. 807SC562.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 21, 1981.

Fields, Cooper & Henderson by Milton P. Fields, Rocky Mount, for plaintiff-appellee.

Bridgers & Horton by Edward B. Simmons, Tarboro, for defendant-appellant.

MORRIS, Chief Judge.

We first examine the questions relating to punitive damages. Defendant made motions, prior to trial, at the close of plaintiff's evidence, and at the close of all the evidence to dismiss plaintiff's claim for punitive damages on the grounds that plaintiff had failed properly to plead or to prove that claim. In…