Court of Appeals of North Carolina September 6, 2011, COA10-1442 (Hylton v. Hanesbrands, Inc.)

STROUD, Judge.

James Hylton (“plaintiff’) appeals from a trial court’s order granting Hanesbrands, Inc.’s (“defendant”) motion for summary judgment and dismissing his complaint. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s order.

I. Background

On 14 September 2009, plaintiff filed a complaint against defendant Hanesbrands, Inc., Sara Lee Corporation, and National Textiles, L.L.C.