LAVELLE v. GUILFORD AREA MENTAL ILLNESS, AUTH.

No. 338A94.

456 S.E.2d 827 (1995)

340 N.C. 250

Janelle M. LAVELLE, Plaintiff-Appellant v. GUILFORD AREA MENTAL ILLNESS, MENTAL RETARDATION, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AUTHORITY and Dr. Timothy Daughtry, in his official capacity as Area Director of Guilford Area Mental Illness, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Authority, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

May 5, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Central Carolina Legal Services, Inc. by Janet McAuley-Blue and N.C. Legal Services Resource Center by Sorien K. Schmidt, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Guilford County Attorney's Office by J. Edwin Pons, Deputy County Atty., for defendant-appellees.

Carolina Legal Assistance, Inc. by Deborah Greenblatt; and Governor's Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities by Barbara A. Jackson, Raleigh, amici curiae.


PER CURIAM.

For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Judge (now Justice) Orr in the Court of Appeals, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.

REVERSED.

ORR, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision...

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