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BEST v. DUKE UNIVERSITY

No. 51PA94.

448 S.E.2d 506 (1994)

337 N.C. 742

Herman BEST v. DUKE UNIVERSITY, trading and doing business as Duke University Hospital and Duke Medical Center.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

October 6, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Seidel, Durham, for plaintiff.

Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P. by Alene M. Mercer & Kari L. Russwurm, Raleigh, for defendant.

Michael F. Easley, Atty. Gen. by Isaac T. Avery, III, Sp. Deputy Atty. Gen., for the State, amicus curiae.

Thomas D. Haigwood, Greenville, for the Conference of Dist. Attys. of North Carolina, amicus curiae.

Ronald L. Hall, Burlington, James Rogers, Durham, and Julie Risher, Burlington, for North Carolina Ass'n of Police Attys., amicus curiae.

WHICHARD, Justice.

On 26 August 1989, Detective McDonald Vick, a Durham police officer, was providing security during his off hours for the Washington-Duke Hotel, which is located on the campus of Duke University. He testified at plaintiff's civil trial in this case that at approximately 5:00 a.m. on August 26th, he observed plaintiff's vehicle enter Science Drive. From his location in the hotel parking lot, he watched plaintiff's vehicle enter the Duke Faculty Club...

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