105 N.C. App. 218 - Cobb v. Reitter’s Empirical Analysis

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32 state decisions

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1. “Our standard of review on the grant of a motion for directed verdict is “whether, upon examination of all the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party [with this] party be[ing] given the benefit of every reasonable inference drawn therefrom, the evidence is sufficient to be submitted to the jury.” A directed verdict should be granted in favor of the moving party only where “ ‘the evidence so clearly establishes that fact in issue that no reasonable inferences to the contrary can be drawn,’ and ‘if the credibility of the movant’s evidence is manifest as a matter of law.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 156 N.C. App. 29 - Floyd v. McGill

2. “all inconsistencies, contradictions and conflicts for [the plaintiff], giving [the plaintiff] the benefit of all reasonable inferences drawn from the evidence,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 150 N.C. App. 305 - Horack v. Southern Real Estate Co. of Charlotte, Inc.

3. “Substantial evidence is such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support a conclusion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 150 N.C. App. 305 - Horack v. Southern Real Estate Co. of Charlotte, Inc.