Campbell v. Board of Education of the Catawba County School Administrative Unit

WHICHARD, Judge.

Plaintiff contends the court erred in granting defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We disagree.

“The purpose of summary judgment [is] to bring litigation to an early decision on the merits without the delay and expense of a trial where it can be readily demonstrated that no material facts are in issue.” Kessing v. Mortgage Corp., 278 N.C. 523, 533, 180 S.E. 2d 823, 829 (1971); see also Lee v. Shor, 10 N.C. App. 231, 233, 178 S.E. 2d 101, 103 (1970). The court is not authorized to decide an issue of fact but to determine if such an issue exists. Moore v. Fieldcrest Mills,…