Tin Originals, Inc. v. Colonial Tin Works, Inc.

EAGLES, Judge.

Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in granting a directed verdict in favor of defendants on the issue of fiduciary duty. Additionally, plaintiff asserts that on remand the jury should be instructed that the basis for plaintiff’s Chapter 75 claim is breach of fiduciary duty. Finally, plaintiff asserts that the trial court erred in accepting the jury’s verdict. We are not persuaded and find no error in the trial court.

I. Directed Verdict.

A motion for directed verdict pursuant to Rule 50(a) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure presents the question of whether…