Spaulding v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

COZORT, Judge.

Plaintiff sued defendant alleging discrimination by her firing which she claims was due to her being handicapped by asthma. Plaintiff brought suit under the Handicapped Persons Act right to employment statute, formerly N.C. Gen. Stat. § 168-6 (1982), which was repealed in 1985. A new Handicapped Persons Protection Act, Session Laws 1985, c. 514, s. 1, effective 1 October 1985, codified as N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 168A-1 through 168A-12, was enacted at the same time. Plaintiff was fired on 16 March 1984 and brought suit on 13 March 1987. Defendant’s summary judgment motion *771was granted.…