Goode v. Harrison

WEBB, Judge.

We hold that the evidence considered in the light most favorable to plaintiffs was sufficient to withstand a motion for a directed verdict. See Younts v. Insurance Co., 281 N.C. 582, 189 S.E. 2d 137 (1972). “Negligence is the failure to exercise that degree of care which a reasonable and prudent man, under like circumstances, would exercise . . . .” See 9 Strong’s N.C. Index 3d, Negligence § 1 (1977) and the cases cited therein. If negligence is a proximate cause of injury or damage to another, the injured party has a claim against the negligent person. Proximate cause is a cause…