Beatty By and Through Beatty v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Bd. of Educ.

Decision Date14 August 1991
Docket NumberNo. 444PA90,CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG,444PA90
Citation406 S.E.2d 579,329 N.C. 691
Parties, 68 Ed. Law Rep. 1163 Anthony Maurice BEATTY, By and Through his Guardian Ad Litem, Nancy BEATTY v.BOARD OF EDUCATION, Billy Cheeks and Thomas Bridges.
CourtNorth Carolina Supreme Court

On discretionary review pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-31(a) of a decision of the Court of Appeals, 99 N.C.App. 753, 394 S.E.2d 242 (1990), affirming an order granting summary judgment to defendants Board of Education and Thomas Bridges, entered by Snepp, J., on 14 August 1989 in Superior Court, Mecklenburg County. Heard in the Supreme Court 15 March 1991.

Karro, Sellers, Langson & Gorelick by C. Murphy Archibald and Seth H. Langson, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Weinstein & Sturges, P.A. by Judith A. Starrett and Hugh B. Campbell, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant-appellee.

PER CURIAM.

DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED.

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