HOOPER v. LIBERTY MUT. INS. CO.

No. 8617SC489.

353 S.E.2d 248 (1987)

James HOOPER, Jr. v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bethea and Sands by Alexander P. Sands, III and J. Michael Thomas, Reidsville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Hutchins, Tyndall, Doughton & Moore by Richard Tyndall and Laurie H. Woltz, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee.


ORR, Judge.

Plaintiff attempts to raise the single issue of whether an employee can maintain an action against his employer's insurer for bad faith refusal to continue the payment of benefits.

However, the pleadings and record in the case sub judice are such that we need not address that question. We instead address the basic issue of whether plaintiff's complaint states a claim upon which relief can be granted...

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