State Court of Appeals / N.C. Ct. App.

Whitfield v. Laboratory Corp. of America

Decided June 17, 2003. Linda M. McGee wrote the opinion for the court.

581 S.E.2d 778 · Cited 86 times

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Rackley v. Coastal Painting · 570 S.E.2d 121
Adams v. AVX Corp. · 509 S.E.2d 411
Deese v. Champion International Corp. · 530 S.E.2d 549
Little v. Penn Ventilator Co. · 345 S.E.2d 204
Johnson v. Herbie's Place · 579 S.E.2d 110
Brown v. Public Works Commission · 470 S.E.2d 352
Click v. Pilot Freight Carriers, Inc. · 265 S.E.2d 389
Swink v. Cone Mills, Inc. · 309 S.E.2d 271
Cialino v. Wal-Mart Stores · 577 S.E.2d 345
Russell v. Lowes Product Distribution · 425 S.E.2d 454
Peoples v. Cone Mills Corp. · 342 S.E.2d 798
Henry v. A. C. Lawrence Leather Co. · 57 S.E.2d 760
Morrison v. Burlington Industries · 282 S.E.2d 458
Hyler v. GTE Products Co. · 425 S.E.2d 698
Franklin v. Broyhill Furniture Industries · 472 S.E.2d 382
Richards v. Town of Valdese · 374 S.E.2d 116
Gilmore v. . Board of Education · 23 S.E.2d 292
Troutman v. White & Simpson, Inc. · 464 S.E.2d 481
Lewis v. Craven Regional Medical Center · 468 S.E.2d 269
Vieregge v. N.C. State University · 414 S.E.2d 771
Porter v. Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. · 514 S.E.2d 517
Beam v. Floyd's Creek Baptist Church · 394 S.E.2d 191
Demery v. Converse, Inc. · 530 S.E.2d 871
Gordon v. City of Durham · 571 S.E.2d 48

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