Peal ex rel. Peal v. Smith

ORR, Judge.

The defendants first argue that the trial court committed reversible error in denying their motions for directed verdict, judgment notwithstanding the verdict, and new trial. The basis for this argument and the authority cited therein in the defendants’ brief rests exclusively on the Court of Appeals opinion in Hart v. Ivey, 102 N.C. App. 583, 403 S.E.2d 914 (1991), modified and affirmed, 332 N.C. 299, 420 S.E.2d 174 (1992), and the cases cited therein as well as Chastain v. Litton Systems, 694 F. 2d 957 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1106, 77 L. Ed. 2d 1334 (1983). All of the…