Klassette Ex Rel. Klassette v. Mecklenburg County Area Mental Health, Mental Retardation & Substance Abuse Authority

GREENE, Judge.

This appeal arises from plaintiffs negligence suit against defendant for its operation of the Seventh Street Detoxification Center, a treatment center for drug and alcohol abuse in Charlotte, North Carolina (hereinafter, the “Center”). The trial court entered directed verdict against plaintiff at the close of plaintiffs evidence. Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to plaintiff reveals that plaintiffs friend drove plaintiff to the Center around midnight one evening. Plaintiff had injected himself with a drug which rendered him unconscious. Plaintiffs friend related…