Opinion · Supreme Court of North Carolina

Sides v. Duke University

333 S.E.2d 490

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Jurisdiction
North Carolina
Date
1985-08-13
Topic
general

holding that non-outsider status is immaterial where the allegations in the complaint show defendants’ motives for procuring the plaintiff’s termination were unrelated to their business interest | holding that plaintiffs complaint stated a valid claim against defendant for “wrongfully discharging her from her employment in retaliation for her refusal to testify falsely or incompletely” | plaintiff's moving from Michigan to North Carolina to accept position with defendant was additional consideration which took contract out of traditional employment-at-will rule | plaintiffs moving from Michigan to North Carolina to accept position with defendant was additional consideration which took contract out of traditional employment-at-will rule | trial court properly dismissed wrongful discharge and breach of contract claims against individual defendants where plaintiff alleged her employment contract was with Duke University rather than with individual defendants | complaint must admit of no other motive for interference other than malice | termination for refusal to testify falsely or incompletely at medical malpractice trial | allegations (1) that plaintiff was assured by employer “she could only be discharged for incompetence, [(2) and that] these assurances induced her to move here from Michigan in order to accept the job offer, and [(3 | employee discharged after giving truthful deposition testimony

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333 S.E.2d 490 (1985)

R. Marie SIDES
v.
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Gloria Farmer, Merel Harmel, and John Miller.

No. 320P85.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

August 13, 1985.

Powe, Porter & Alphin, Durham, for defendant Duke University.

Edelstein, Payne & Jordan, Raleigh, for plaintiff.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, Raleigh, for defendants Merel Harmel and John Miller.

Defendant's (Duke Hospital) petition for discretionary review under G.S. § 7A-31. Denied.