CROSS v. RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES

No. COA95-705.

473 S.E.2d 676 (1996)

Shirley CROSS and Charles A. Cross, individually and as Administrators of the Estate of Barry Ellis Cross, and Janette Griffin, Plaintiffs, v. RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICES, INC., Robert Hamilton Rhodes, Jr., and Mecklenburg County, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devore & Acton, P.A. by Fred W. DeVore, III, Charlotte, for plaintiffs.

Ruff, Bond, Cobb, Wade & McNair, L.L.P. by James O. Cobb, Charlotte, for defendant Mecklenburg County.


LEWIS, Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs appeal the trial court's decision that defendant County of Mecklenburg (County) has governmental immunity for its claims in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less.

On 10 June 1992, Barry Ellis Cross, a mentally disabled adult, was killed when he left a County van and was hit by a car driven by defendant Robert Hamilton Rhodes, Jr. as he tried to cross the street. At the time of the accident, the County...

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