FELTS v. LIBERTY EMERGENCY SERVICE, P.A.

No. 8917SC204.

388 S.E.2d 619 (1990)

Everett Lonzo FELTS, and wife, Shirley G. Felts v. LIBERTY EMERGENCY SERVICE, P.A., d/b/a Mt. Airy Primary Care, Kip Larson, M.D. and John Canon, M.D.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah S. Stevens, Mount Airy, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A. by William Kearns Davis and Richard V. Bennett, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.


ORR, Judge.

The sole question presented on appeal is whether the trial court erred in directing verdict for defendants at the close of plaintiff's evidence.

The purpose of a motion for directed verdict under N.C.Gen.Stat. sec. 1A-1, Rule 50(a) is to test the legal sufficiency of the evidence to take the case to the jury. Wallace v. Evans, 60 N.C. App. 145, 298 S.E.2d 193 (1982). In determining such a motion, plaintiffs...

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