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COLEMAN v. COOPER

No. 9010SC386.

403 S.E.2d 577 (1991)

Evelyn Grace COLEMAN, Administratrix for the Estate of Monica Avis Cobb and Marion Annette Coleman, Plaintiff, v. Kathy Lunceford COOPER (formerly Kathy Lunceford), Wake County, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Blanchard, Twiggs, Abrams & Strickland, P.A. by Douglas B. Abrams and Anna Neal Blanchard, Raleigh, for plaintiff-appellant.

Patterson, Dilthey, Clay, Cranfill, Sumner & Hartzog by Grady S. Patterson, Jr. and Susan K. Burkhart, Raleigh, for defendant-appellees.

EAGLES, Judge.

Initially we note that

[i]nvestigations by a social service agency of allegations of child sexual abuse are in the nature of governmental functions. Such activities are performed for the public good. Thus a county normally would be immune from liability for injuries caused by negligent social services employees working in the course of their duties. The General Assembly, however, has authorized counties through a statute to waive the defense...

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