Tucker v. GENERAL TEL. CO. OF SOUTHEAST

WELLS, Judge.

Plaintiff’s sole assignment of error is to the trial court’s granting of defendant’s motion for summary judgment. On motion for summary judgment, the question before the court is whether the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that a party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 56(c); Page v. Sloan, 281 N.C. 697, 704, 190 S.E. 2d 189, 193 (1972). This burden may be carried by a movant by proving that an essential…