Irving v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

JACKSON, Justice.

In this case, we consider whether plaintiff Tyki Sakwan Irving may bring an action pursuant to the Tort Claims Act before the North Carolina Industrial Commission (the Commission) to recover for alleged negligence by an employee of a local board of education in the operation of an activity bus transporting students and school staff to an extracurricular event. Because the waiver of governmental immunity provided in the relevant section of the Tort Claims Act does not apply to the set of facts before us, we conclude that the Commission does not have jurisdiction over…