HUSKETH v. CONVENIENT SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 88.

245 S.E.2d 507 (1978)

Lenora HUSKETH, Plaintiff, v. CONVENIENT SYSTEMS, INC., d/b/a Mayberry Ice Cream Shoppe, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. FOODCRAFT EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC., Third-Party Defendant and Fourth-Party Plaintiff, v. L & B PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Fourth-Party Defendant.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powe, Porter, Alphin & Whichard, P. A., by Willis P. Whichard and Charles R. Holton, Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Haywood, Denny & Miller, by George W. Miller, Jr., Durham, for defendant-appellee.


COPELAND, Justice.

The principal issue raised on this appeal is the propriety of the trial court's grant of a directed verdict against the plaintiff. For the reasons set out below, we have determined that this was error; therefore, the decision of the Court of Appeals must be reversed.

It is elementary that, in considering a defendant's motion for a directed verdict, the court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, resolving all...

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