OSBORNE v. WALKER

No. 7921SC1074.

269 S.E.2d 281 (1980)

48 N.C. App. 627

Jewel Smith OSBORNE v. Frances WALKER, Kathryn Whitner, Virginia Tesh, and the North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

September 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pettyjohn & Molitoris by Theodore M. Molitoris, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by David A. Irvin and Richard T. Rice, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.


WEBB, Judge.

This is a case of first impression. The gravamen of the plaintiff's claim is that she should be entitled to recover for the negligence of her superiors in giving her negative reports in the course of her employment. She concedes that she was working under a contract for employment at will and could have been discharged by the proper persons whether or not her work was satisfactory. Tatum v. Brown, 29 N.C. App. 504...

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