Brown v. Burlington Industries, Inc.

WELLS, Judge.

Defendant assigns error to the trial court’s denial of its motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict. “The purpose of a motion for a directed verdict is to test the legal sufficiency of the evidence.” Hitchcock v. Cullerton, 82 N.C. App. 296, 346 S.E. 2d 215 (1986). “In passing on a motion for directed verdict, the trial court must consider the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmovant, and conflicts in the evidence together with inferences which may be drawn therefrom must be resolved in favor of the nonmovant.” DeHart v. R/S Financial…