Mitchell v. Parker

HEDRICK, Judge.

The sole question presented on appeal is whether the court erred in directing verdicts for defendants.

When a defendant moves for a directed verdict in a medical malpractice case, the question raised is whether plaintiff has offered evidence of each of the following elements of his claim for relief: (1) the standard of care; (2) breach of the standard of care; (3) proximate causation; and (4) damages. Lowery v. Newton, 52 N.C. App. 234, 237, 278 S.E. 2d 566, 570, reconsideration of denial of disc. rev. denied, 304 N.C. 195, 291 S.E. 2d 148 (1981). On such motion, plaintiffs…