FULFORD v. JENKINS

No. COA08-675.

672 S.E.2d 759 (2009)

James E. FULFORD Jr., Executor for the Estate of Mary Fulford, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio Javon JENKINS; County of Duplin; Duplin County Department of Social Services; Millie I. Brown, Individually and in her Official Capacity as Director of Duplin County Department of Social Services; De Wana Kenan, Individually and in her Official Capacity as a Social Worker with the Department of Social Services; Sherita Wright, Individually and in her Official Capacity as a Social Worker with the Duplin County Department of Social Services; Nanette Smith, Individually and in her Official Capacity as a Social Worker with the Department of Social Services; and Elva Quinn, Individually and in her Official Capacity as a Social Worker with the Duplin County Department of Social Services, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valentine & McFayden, P.C., by Stephen M. Valentine, Beaufort, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC, by James R. Morgan, Jr. and Christopher J. Geis, Winston-Salem, for Defendants-Appellants.


McGEE, Judge.

Plaintiff filed his complaint on 28 October 2005, alleging that Duplin County; Duplin County Department of Social Services (DSS); Millie I. Brown, Director of DSS; and DSS social workers De Wana Kenan, Sherita Wright, Nanette Smith and Elva Quin (collectively Defendants) were negligent in their supervision of a thirteen-year-old boy (the Juvenile) over whom they exercised control. Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that Defendants arranged placement...

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