PEELE v. PROVIDENT MUT. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 8724SC949.

368 S.E.2d 892 (1988)

Terry L. PEELE, Plaintiff, v. PROVIDENT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Watauga County, North Carolina, James C. Lyons, individually and as Sheriff of Watauga County, North Carolina, Jay L. Teams, David Triplett, Carl Fidler, Ben Strickland, and Larry Stanbery, all duly elected commissioners of Watauga County, North Carolina, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randal S. Marsh, Boone, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice by Allan R. Gitter and James R. Morgan, Jr., Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.


JOHNSON, Judge.

On 28 May 1984, plaintiff Terry L. Peele was hired by the defendant, Sheriff James C. Lyons as a dispatcher with the Watauga County Sheriff's Department.

On 14 January 1985, plaintiff received a performance evaluation completed by her supervisor, Seargent Joe Moody in which she was rated deficient in three of five categories. On 28 January 1985, plaintiff was fired by Sheriff Lyons without personally having been given prior notice that she...

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