Smith v. Price

BILLINGS, Justice.

I. Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict

According to the defendant, the plaintiffs motion for JNOV was not properly before the trial judge because when the plaintiff made a motion for a directed verdict at the close of all of the evidence (a prerequisite for JNOV), the plaintiff did not state the specific grounds therefore, as required by N.C.G.S. § 1A-1, Rule 50(a). When making the motion, the plaintiffs attorney said, “Your Honor, for the record purposes only, we’d also make a motion for a directed verdict with respect to the paternity issue but do not feel we need to argue…