Scarborough v. Dillard's Inc.

655 S.E.2d 875 (2008)

Bernard SCARBOROUGH, Plaintiff,

v.

DILLARD'S INC., formerly Dillard Department Stores, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation, Defendant.

No. COA07-281.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 5, 2008.

David Q. Burgess, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., by David W. Long and Douglas M. Martin, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee.

WYNN, Judge.

A motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict should be denied if there is more than a scintilla of evidence to support the plaintiff's prima facie case.[1] Here, the plaintiff argues the trial court erred in…