Bledsoe v. Gaddy

BRITT, Judge.

By her first assignment of error, defendant contends that the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in her favor because of the contributory negligence of plaintiff. This assignment of error is1 without merit. A directed verdict on the ground of contributory negligence will be allowed only when plaintiff’s evidence, taken in the light most favorable to him, so clearly establishes contributory negligence that no other reasonable inference or conclusion can be drawn therefrom. Galloway v. Hartman, 271 N.C. 372, 156 S.E. 2d 727 (1967) ; Anderson v. Mann, 9 N.C. App. 397,…