Court of Appeals of North Carolina June 3, 1980, 7920SC789 (Vickery v. OLIN HILL CONST. CO., INC.)

WELLS, Judge.

On a defendant’s motion for directed verdict at the close of a plaintiffs evidence, the evidence must be taken as true and considered in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, and the motion may be granted only if, as a matter of law, the evidence is insufficient to justify a verdict for the plaintiff.

Dickinson v. Poke,

284 N.C. 576, 201 S.E. 2d 897 (1974).