38 N.C. App. 557 - Byerly v. Byerly’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “[P]laintiff contends the court erred in allowing defendant, over objection and after denial of plaintiff’s motion for directed verdict, to reopen his case and attempt to correct the omissions in damages pointed out by counsel for plaintiff. We disagree. “The purpose of the ‘specific grounds’ requirement of Rule 50(a) is to allow the adverse party to meet any defects with further proof and avoid the entry of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict at the close of the trial, on a ground that could have been met with proof had it been suggested earlier.” . . . The assignment of error is overruled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCurry v. Painter

2. “[W]hen a motion for a directed verdict is granted, the adverse party who did not make a specific objection at trial to the movant's failure to state specific grounds therefor is precluded from raising the objection on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 55 N.C. App. 498 - Snipes v. Snipes