Duke neither reported nor evaluated this diagnosis. Further, one month prior to the filing of this suit, Dr. Chen, a Duke cardiopulmonary radiolo error. II. Next, Duke argues that the trial court erred in denying its motion for JNOV because there was no competent evidence that “any of the treating physicians alleged to have been negligent was an agent of Duke.” A motion for JNOV is treated as a renewal of the motion for directed verdict. See Maintenance Equip. Co. v. Godley Builders, 107 N.C. App. 343, 353, 420 S.E.2d 199, 204 (1992); N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 50(b)(1) (1990). Thus, a movant cannot assert grounds on a motion for JNOV that were not previously raised in the directed verdict motion. See Lassiter v. English, 126 N.C. App. 489, 492-93, 485 S.E.2d 840, 842 (1997) (<HOLDING>). Because Duke never asserted this agency
holding that some evidence was presented to support the jurys verdict that defendant breached contract and therefore trial court did not err in denying defendants motion for directed verdict or jnov holding that objection made at directed verdict stage and in motion for new trial were timely holding party that filed motions for summary judgment directed verdict and jnov preserved complaint drat issue should not have been submitted to jury even though party submitted jury questions on same issue holding that a party must have made a directed verdict motion at trial on the specific issue which is the basis of the jnov holding that the trial court erred in granting the school boards posttrial motion for directed verdict because although the school board timely moved for a directed verdict during trial it did not serve its motion for directed verdict until the eleventh day after the verdict