DOBSON v. HARRIS

No. 435PA99.

530 S.E.2d 829 (2000)

352 N.C. 77

Tammie DOBSON v. Holly HARRIS and J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 16, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Dickens, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by Jon Berkelhammer and Shannon R. Joseph, Greensboro, for defendant-appellant Holly Harris.


FREEMAN, Justice.

This case concerns provisions in the North Carolina General Statutes, N.C.G.S. § 7A-543 (1995) (repealed and recodified as N.C.G.S. § 7B-301 (1999)),1 that require anyone suspecting child abuse or neglect2 to report that behavior to the Department of Social Services. Further, this case examines the rigor of statutory immunity from civil or criminal liability for a person reporting...

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