HUMPHRIES v. N.C. DEPT. OF CORRECTION

No. COA96-224.

479 S.E.2d 27 (1996)

Doris HUMPHRIES, Administrator of the Estate of Stacey Humphries, Deceased; and Tyrone Humphries, Plaintiffs, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith G. Behar, Greensboro, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Michael F. Easley, Attorney General by Don Wright, Assistant Attorney General, for the State.


WYNN, Judge.

While on probation and under electronic house arrest Kenneth Lee McKenneth Miller shot and killed Stacey Humphries and seriously injured Tyrone Humphries. Both Tyrone Humphries and the estate of Stacey Humphries brought actions against the North Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) under the State Tort Claims Act alleging that its probation officer negligently supervised Miller.

The record indicates that Miller, on probation and under electronic...

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