CLOUSE v. CHAIRTOWN MOTORS, INC.

No. 7322SC140.

195 S.E.2d 327 (1973)

17 N.C. App. 669

Alice Jeannie Hawley CLOUSE v. CHAIRTOWN MOTORS, INC.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Randolph Ingram, Asheboro, for plaintiff-appellee and plaintiff-appellant.

Charles F. Lambeth, Jr., Thomasville, for defendant-appellant and defendant-appellee.


MORRIS, Judge.

PLAINTIFF'S APPEAL

Plaintiff assigns error to the action of the trial judge, allowing the defendant's motion for a directed verdict on the issue of punitive damages, G.S. 1A-1, Rule 50(a). Plaintiff contends that, under the facts of this case, the issue of punitive damages should have been submitted to the jury.

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