SIDES v. DUKE HOSP.

No. 8314SC1308.

328 S.E.2d 818 (1985)

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

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 7, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edelstein, Payne and Jordan by M. Travis Payne, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Powe, Porter & Alphin by N.A. Ciompi and William E. Freeman, Durham, for defendants-appellees Duke University and Gloria Farmer.

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan by James G. Phillips, Susan M. Parker, and Susan E. Rector, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees Merel Harmel and John Miller.

The North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers by Kathy A. Klotzberger, Raleigh, as amicus curiae.


PHILLIPS, Judge.

Does the complaint which alleges that plaintiff was discharged from her job at Duke University Medical Center in retaliation for her refusal to withhold testimony or testify untruthfully in a lawsuit against some of the defendants state a claim for relief against any of the defendants? That is the only question presented by this appeal. Plaintiff contends that she has pleaded legally enforceable claims for relief in both tort and contract against...

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