HERRING v. COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. COA99-777.

529 S.E.2d 458 (2000)

Loryn HERRING, a Minor by Raymond M. MARSHALL, Her Guardian Ad Litem and Bessie Herring, Plaintiffs, v. WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION and Ronald Liner, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy and Kennedy, L.L.P., by Harold L. Kennedy, III and Harvey L. Kennedy, Winston-Salem, for the plaintiffs.

Young, Moore and Henderson, P.A., by Brian O. Beverly, Raleigh, for the defendants.


WYNN, Judge.

Sovereign immunity is a common law theory or defense established by the courts to protect a sovereign or state and its agents from suit.1 The defendants in this case contend that the trial court erred in denying their summary judgment motion based on the doctrine of sovereign immunity. Because we hold that (1) the doctrine of sovereign immunity applies in this case and (2) the defendants did not waive their immunity through...

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