Willoughby v. KENNETH W. WILKINS, MD, PA

EAGLES, Judge.

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Plaintiff assigns as error the granting of defendant Cain’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiffs evidence. Plaintiff contends that a directed verdict was improper because the evidence was sufficient to raise a jury issue as to whether a physician-patient relationship existed between defendant Cain and plaintiff. We agree.

A motion by a defendant for a directed verdict under G.S. 1A-1, Rule 50(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure raises the question as to whether there is sufficient evidence to go to the jury. In considering a motion for a directed verdict, the…