JONES v. WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. COA94-1448.

463 S.E.2d 294 (1995)

120 N.C. App. 591

Rachel JONES, Administrator of the Estate of Carl Lee Jones, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC.; Allen Carter, Individually; Jedd Lewis, Individually; Jim Mullins, Individually; Bill Whiteman, Individually; Mike Ramsey, Individually; and Doug Dunn, Individually, Defendants/Appellees.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis & Daggett, P.A. by Michael Lewis, and Lore & McClearen, Winston-Salem by R. James Lore, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog, L.L.P. by Robert W. Sumner, David H. Batten, and Edward C. LeCarpentier, III, Raleigh, for defendants-appellees.


ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff alleges the trial court erred in granting summary judgment for defendants. She first contends the trial court committed reversible error in granting summary judgment on the Woodson claim. We disagree.

In Woodson, the Court held that "when an employer intentionally engages in misconduct knowing it is substantially certain to cause serious injury or death to employees and an employee is injured or killed by that misconduct...

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