Court Opinion

ID: 9593668
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:23:46.926649+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:21.724036
License: Public Domain

Judge Wells
dissenting.
While the majority opinion thoughtfully and faithfully follows a well-established case law path, I find the public policy implications in this case to be as compelling as those enunciated in Sides v. Duke University, 74 N.C. App. 331, 328 S.E. 2d 818, disc. rev. denied, 314 N.C. 331, 333 S.E. 2d 490 (1985). It is unnerving to me to contemplate that by sustaining the trial court we may be suggesting to employers of long-distance truck drivers that it is not a violation of the public policy of this state for them to require their drivers to violate federal safety statutes. I, therefore, vote to overrule the trial court and to say that we should recognize the claim for relief asserted by the plaintiff in this case.