Wilkerson v. Duke University

STEELMAN, Judge.

Where there were issues of material fact with respect to plaintiffs claims for false imprisonment, assault, battery, and negligent supervision and retention, the portion of the trial court’s order granting summary judgment to defendants as to those claims is reversed. Where there was no evidence of severe emotional distress, the trial court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent infliction of emotional distress is affirmed. Where plaintiff has an adequate remedy in state law, the trial court properly granted summary…