WILLIAMS v. JONES

No. 538A87.

366 S.E.2d 433 (1988)

322 N.C. 42

Philip A. WILLIAMS v. J. Elmo JONES, Benjamin F. Craven, and Factory Automators, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

April 6, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nichols, Caffrey, Hill, Evans & Murrelle by R. Thompson Wright, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Gabriel, Berry, Weston & Weeks by M. Douglas Berry, Greensboro, for defendant-appellees.


MARTIN, Justice.

This case comes before us on the issue of whether the trial judge erred in entering judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We hold that he did err, and for the reasons explained below, we reverse the Court of Appeals and reinstate the jury verdict.

The evidence presented at trial, taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, shows that plaintiff went into business for himself in 1977 as a designer and purveyor of computer systems used...

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