Swinson v. Lejeune Motor Company, Inc.

*611WYNN, Judge.

To grant a directed verdict for a defendant under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 50, the trial court must determine that the evidence, when considered in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, was insufficient for submission to the jury. Smith v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 128 N.C. App. 282, 495 S.E.2d 149 (1998). In this appeal, Dallas Swinson argues that a jury should have been allowed to determine whether her trip and fall resulted from an obvious condition, and whether she was contributorily negligent in causing her injury. Since the record shows controverted issues of fact for…