BRITT v. SHARPE

No. 8916SC1320.

393 S.E.2d 359 (1990)

99 N.C. App. 555

Elton BRITT, Plaintiff, v. Larry SHARPE, Individually, and as Agent for Carolina Power & Light Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Musselwhite, Musselwhite & McIntyre by W. Edward Musselwhite, Lumberton, for plaintiff, appellee.

Robert W. Kaylor and Robert S. Gillam, Raleigh, for defendant, appellant Carolina Power and Light Co.

McLean, Stacy, Henry & McLean by Everett L. Henry, Lumberton, for defendant, appellant Larry Sharpe.


HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Defendants assign as error the denial of their motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Defendants argue that the evidence simply was not sufficient to permit the jury to find that defendants were negligent in any way and that such negligence was a proximate cause of the collapse of the truss system and the resulting injuries to plaintiff.

Defendants maintain that the evidence, even when viewed in the light...

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