William Plyler | April 9, 2010
A pedestrian who was hit by a car and was erroneously declared dead by the Franklin County Medical Examiner may not sue the Medical Examiner in court. The North Carolina Court of Appeals, in Green v. Kearney et al, (No. COA09-787, filed April 6, 2010), held that the Medical Examiner is a state official entitled [...]
William Plyler | April 9, 2010
A pedestrian who was hit by a car and was erroneously declared dead by the Franklin County Medical Examiner may not sue the Medical Examiner in court. The North Carolina Court of Appeals, in Green v. Kearney et al, (No. COA09-787, filed April 6, 2010), held that the Medical Examiner is a state official entitled [...]
William Plyler | November 7, 2009
The North Carolina Department of Correction may be liable where a probation officer placed a known sex offender in a home with two children who were subsequently sexually assaulted by the sex offender. Blaylock v. N.C. Department of Correction – Division of Community Corrections, (No. COA09-65, filed November 3, 2009), holds that the public duty [...]