Warren v. Canal Industries, Inc.

WELLS, Judge.

By his assignments of error, plaintiff contends that the trial judge erred in sustaining defendants’ objection to a hypothetical question asked to plaintiffs expert medical witness and that, had the witness been allowed to answer the question, plaintiff would have presented sufficient evidence of Dr. Caldwell’s negligence to avoid a directed verdict and have his case submitted to the jury. We agree and reverse.

On review of a directed verdict, appellate review is usually limited to those grounds asserted by the movant upon making his motion before the trial judge. See G.S. 1A-1,…