Desmond v. City of Charlotte

544 S.E.2d 269 (2001)

Virginia D. DESMOND, Plaintiff,

v.

CITY OF CHARLOTTE, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant.

No. COA00-260.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

April 3, 2001.

Law Offices of Chandler deBrun Fink & Hayes, by Walter L. Hart, IV, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellee.

Crews & Klein, P.C., by James N. Freeman, Jr. and Andrew W. Lax, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

EAGLES, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals the trial court's grant of judgment notwithstanding the verdict and a new trial to plaintiff, and also the trial court's denial of defendant's own motion for a directed verdict. Because we…