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BUIE v. DANIEL INTERN. CORP.

No. 8110SC494.

289 S.E.2d 118 (1982)

Francis D. BUIE v. DANIEL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, d/b/a Daniel Construction Co.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 16, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard by Charles H. Montgomery, Catherine B. Arrowood and Renee J. Montgomery, Cary, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thompson, Mann & Hutson by George J. Oliver and Susan L. Hartzoge, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee.

ARNOLD, Judge.

In this case we are called upon first to decide whether punitive damages may be recovered in an action based on an employee's discharge for seeking workers' compensation benefits.

Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in granting defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiff's punitive damages claim, contending that N.C.G.S. 97-6.1 does not preclude an award of punitive damages. We disagree.

As plaintiff correctly points out, G.S. 97...

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