MARTINEZ v. WAKE COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. COA17-475.

813 S.E.2d 659 (2018)

Jamie Fernandez MARTINEZ, Administrator of the Estate of Maria J. Fernandez Jimenez, Plaintiff v. WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Defendant. Eduardo Fernandez Jimenez, Plaintiff v. Wake County Board of Education, Defendant. Jamie Fernandez Martinez, Plaintiff v. Wake County Board of Education, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: March 20, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Raleigh, by Matthew Nis Leerberg , and Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Durham, by Marie D. Lang , for plaintiffs-appellees.

Attorney General Joshua H. Stein , by Special Deputy Attorney General Olga E. Vysotskaya de Brito , Assistant Attorney General Alexander G. Walton , and Special Deputy Attorney General Christina S. Hayes , for defendant-appellant.

Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte, by Sam McGee , and Maginnis Law, PLLC, Raleigh, by T. Shawn Howard , for North Carolina Advocates for Justice, amicus curiae.


In this appeal from an action brought under North Carolina's Tort Claims Act, we consider the scope of the Industrial Commission's jurisdiction over negligence claims related to the operation of school buses. The Wake County Board of Education (the "Board") appeals from an order entered by the Commission denying their motion to dismiss...

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