WHITT v. ROXBORO DYEING CO., INC.

No. 889DC266

372 S.E.2d 731 (1988)

91 N.C. App. 636

Shirley Ann WHITT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROXBORO DYEING CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

October 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

North Central Legal Assistance Program by Daniel R. Lauffer, Durham, for plaintiff-appellant.

Stubbs, Cole, Breedlove, Prentis & Poe by Edmund D. Milam, Jr., Durham, for defendant-appellee.


HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff argues the trial court erred in granting defendant's motion to dismiss because the applicable statute of limitations had been extended by the legislature before plaintiff's claim would have been barred. Before July 1985, G.S. § 97-6.1(f) provided the statute of limitations in an action for wrongful discharge because of a worker's compensation claim was six months. Because plaintiff was discharged on 23 January 1985 and did not...

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