"On appeal the standard of review for a JNOV is the same as that for a directed verdict, that is whether the evidence was sufficient to go to the jury. Tomika Invs., Inc. v. Macedonia True Vine Pentecostal Holiness Church of God, Inc., 136 N.C. App. 493, 498-99, 524 S.E.2d 591, 595 (2000).
N.c. Ct. App. Leg. Stand., CIVIL - TRIAL MATTERS, Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict (N.C.R. Civ. P. 50)