Lyle ex rel. Lyle v. Thurman

VAUGHN, Judge.

In considering the question of whether plaintiffs’ evidence is sufficient to withstand defendants’ motion for a directed verdict, we are guided by the well-established principles that prevailed under our former procedure with respect to the sufficiency of evidence to withstand a motion for nonsuit. The evidence, in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, tended to show the following. At sometime shortly before the accident, the minor plaintiff was operating his motorcycle in a southerly direction along Elm Street in Asheboro. He does not remember the accident or how he got to…