SWANN v. LEN-CARE REST HOME, INC.

No. COA96-1283.

490 S.E.2d 572 (1997)

Annie C. SWANN and Carolyn D. Smith, Appellants, v. LEN-CARE REST HOME, INC., Andrew Stewart, and Shelbia Norris, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 7, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Lee Law Firm, P.A. by C. Leon Lee, II, Fayetteville, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Wishart, Norris, Henninger & Pittman, P.A. by G. Wayne Abernathy and Jim H. Joyner, Jr., Burlington, for defendants-appellees.


EAGLES, Judge.

We first consider whether the trial court properly granted a directed verdict in favor of all defendants on the negligence claim. "In ruling on a motion for directed verdict, plaintiff's evidence must be taken as true and all the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to him, giving him the benefit of every reasonable inference which may legitimately be drawn therefrom, with conflicts, contradictions, and inconsistencies being resolved...

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