White v. Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, Inc.

PHILLIPS, Judge.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleging claims for breach of contract and for intentionally inflicting emotional distress was dismissed by an order of summary judgment under authority of Rule 56, N.C. Rules of Civil Procedure. The order is erroneous as to the breach of contract claim and correct as to the claim for intentionally inflicting emotional distress.

The affidavits and other materials before the court indicate in pertinent part that: Plaintiff was employed by defendant as a full-time nurses’ assistant from March, 1951 to December, 1985 when she was discharged because of a…