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HEDRICK v. RAINS

No. COA94-1387.

466 S.E.2d 281 (1996)

Leslie B. HEDRICK, and Betsy B. Marlowe, Co-Executors for the Estates of Leslie L. Baldwin and Gertrude Baldwin, Plaintiffs, v. Harold RAINS, Columbus County Sheriff, and Columbus County, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 6, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James and Jones, P.L.L.C. by Randolph M. James and Howard C. Jones, II, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellees.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C. by Allan R. Gitter, Winston-Salem, and Ursula M. Henninger; and Hill & High by James E. Hill, Jr., Whiteville, for defendant-appellant.

JOHN C. MARTIN, Judge.

Leslie and Gertrude Baldwin were murdered on 30 November 1991 by Norfolk Junior Best. Plaintiffs, co-executors of their estates, brought this wrongful death action against Columbus County and its elected sheriff, Harold Rains, alleging that their negligence proximately caused the deaths of the decedents. Specifically, plaintiffs alleged that Sheriff Rains and/or his deputies arrested Norfolk Junior Best for a probation or parole violation prior...

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