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SINCLAIR A. PARKER, JR., Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL WILLIS, Defendant NO. COA03-1711 Filed: 1. 21 December 2004

Appeal and Error--preservation of issues--failure to make motion for directed verdict--contributory negligence

Although plaintiff contends the trial court erred by submitting to the jury the question of whether plaintiff was contributorily negligent with respect to a motor vehicle accident between the parties, this assignment of error is dismissed because by failing to make a motion for a directed verdict on the affirmative defense of contributory negligence, plaintiff did not properly preserve the issue of the sufficiency of defendant's evidence for appellate review. 2. Negligence-

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