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        "text": "WHICHARD, Judge.\nPlaintiff sought damages for injuries he sustained when struck by an automobile owned by defendant Dillard Raxter and operated by defendant Jeffrey Raxter. The jury answered the negligence issue in plaintiff\u2019s favor, but answered the contributory negligence issue against him.\nThe trial court granted plaintiff\u2019s G.S. 1A-1, Rule 59 motion for a new trial. Defendants appeal, contending (1) their motion for a directed verdict on the ground of contributory negligence as a matter of law should have been granted, and (2) the court erred in granting plaintiff\u2019s motion for a new trial.\nOne of the grounds on which the court granted plaintiff\u2019s motion was that \u201cthe ends of justice will be met\u201d thereby. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 59(a)(9), permits the granting of a new trial for \u201c[a]ny . . . reason heretofore recognized as grounds for new trial.\u201d That justice would be served thereby was, when Rule 59 was adopted, a recognized ground for granting a new trial. See Walston v. Greene, 246 N.C. 617, 99 S.E. 2d 805 (1957). The decision \u201crests in the sound discretion of the trial judge.\u201d Id. at 617, 99 S.E. 2d at 806. Absent record disclosure of abuse of discretion, \u201cthe order is not subject to review on appeal.\u201d Id. See also Britt v. Allen, 291 N.C. 630, 634-35, 231 S.E. 2d 607, 611 (1977); Atkins v. Doub, 260 N.C. 678, 133 S.E. 2d 456 (1963); Byrd v. Hampton, 243 N.C. 627, 91 S.E. 2d 671 (1956); White v. Keller, 242 N.C. 97, 99, 86 S.E. 2d 795, 796-97 (1955); Strayhorn v. Bank, 203 N.C. 383, 166 S.E. 312 (1932). No abuse of discretion appears.\nInterlocutory rulings in the course of trial, such as the denial of defendants\u2019 motion for directed verdict, are not immediately appealable. Defendants\u2019 assignment of error to the denial of their motion for directed verdict thus is not reviewable at this time. Atkins, supra; Byrd, supra; White, supra; Strayhorn, supra.\nAppeal dismissed.\nJudges Clark and Webb concur.",
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      "Roberts and Planer, P.A., by Joseph B. Roberts, III, for plaintiff appellee.",
      "John B. Whitley for defendant appellants."
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    "head_matter": "HOMER JEFFERSON SIZEMORE v. JEFFREY EUGENE RAXTER and DILLARD EUGENE RAXTER\nNo. 8127SC1170\n(Filed 6 July 1982)\n1. Rules of Civil Procedure \u00a7 59\u2014 new trial to meet ends of justice\nIn a personal injury action in which the jury answered the negligence issue in plaintiff\u2019s favor but answered the contributory negligence issue against him, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in granting plaintiffs G.S. 1A-1, Rule 59 motion for a new trial on the ground that \u201cthe ends of justice will be met\u201d thereby.\n2. Appeal and Error \u00a7 6.8\u2014 denial of motion for directed verdict \u2014 no immediate appeal\nInterlocutory rulings in the course of trial, such as the denial of defendants\u2019 motion for directed verdict, are not immediately appealable.\nAPPEAL by defendants from Friday, Judge. Order entered 22 June 1981 in Superior Court, GASTON County. Heard in the Court of Appeals 11 June 1982.\nDefendants appeal from an order granting plaintiffs motion for a new trial.\nRoberts and Planer, P.A., by Joseph B. Roberts, III, for plaintiff appellee.\nJohn B. Whitley for defendant appellants."
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