Ellis Jones, Inc. v. Western Waterproofing Co.

EAGLES, Judge.

Defendant first assigns as error the trial court’s denial of defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. Defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient, as a matter of law, to be submitted to the jury. We do not agree.

A motion for directed verdict must be denied when the trial court finds any evidence more than a scintilla to support plaintiffs case in all its constituent elements. The evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, and he is entitled to all reasonable inferences that can be drawn from it. Hunt v. Montgomery Ward and Co., 49 N.C.…