Moon v. Bostian Heights Volunteer Fire Department

ARNOLD, Judge.

Plaintiff first assigns error to the trial court’s granting defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We agree and accordingly reverse.

A motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is a motion that judgment be entered in accordance with the movant’s earlier motion for a directed verdict and notwithstanding the contrary verdict actually returned by the jury. Nytco Leasing v. Southeastern Motels, 40 N.C. App. 120, 132, 252 S.E.2d 826, 834 (1979). The same standards which are applied to a motion for directed verdict are applicable to a motion for judgment…