Guilford County Tradewind Airlines, 194 N.C.App. 674, 677-78, 670 S.E.2d 302, 305 (N.C.App. 2009) (citation and quotation marks omitted; italics added by counsel). In Earp v. Quinlan, COA09-578, 206 N.C.App. 329, 698 S.E.2d 556 (N.C.App, Aug. 3, 2010) (unpublished opinion) the plaintiff brought suit for wrongful termination in violation of public policy and named (among others) the owner of the employer as a defendant. The Court of Appeals upheld the Trial Court’s Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of the owner because the employee “asserted no basis for individual liability against [the owner] Quinlan.” Earp at *6 (brackets added by counsel). Dr. Stout’s employment contract was not with the Hospital. Rather, it was “between Statesville HMA Medical