ABERNETHY v. SPARTAN FOOD SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 9025SC922.

404 S.E.2d 710 (1991)

103 N.C. App. 154

Charles ABERNETHY, Jr., by his Guardian ad litem, Charles ABERNETHY, Sr., Plaintiff, v. SPARTAN FOOD SYSTEMS, INC., d/b/a Hardees, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 4, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudisill & Brackett, P.A. by H. Kent Crowe, Hickory, for plaintiff-appellant.

Tate, Young, Morphis, Bach & Farthing by Edwin G. Farthing and Martha E. Fox, Hickory, for defendant-appellee.


WELLS, Judge.

The sole question presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in granting defendant's motion for a directed verdict. The party moving for a directed verdict bears a heavy burden. Taylor v. Walker, 320 N.C. 729, 360 S.E.2d 796 (1987). Issues arising in negligence cases are ordinarily not susceptible to summary adjudication because application of the applicable standard...

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