Court of Appeals of North Carolina January 16, 1990, 8919SC504 (Moon v. Bostian Heights Volunteer Fire Department)

ARNOLD, Judge.

Plaintiff first assigns error to the trial court’s granting defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. We agree and accordingly reverse.

A motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is a motion that judgment be entered in accordance with the movant’s earlier motion for a directed verdict and notwithstanding the contrary verdict actually returned by the jury.