SCARBOROUGH v. DILLARD'S INC.

No. COA07-281.

655 S.E.2d 875 (2008)

Bernard SCARBOROUGH, Plaintiff, v. DILLARD'S INC., formerly Dillard Department Stores, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Q. Burgess, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Poyner & Spruill, L.L.P., by David W. Long and Douglas M. Martin, Charlotte, for defendant-appellee.


WYNN, Judge.

A motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict should be denied if there is more than a scintilla of evidence to support the plaintiff's prima facie case.1 Here, the plaintiff argues the trial court erred in granting the defendant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to punitive damages because there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's punitive damages award. Because we find more than a...

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