Cross v. Residential Support Services, Inc.

LEWIS, Judge.

In this action, plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s decision that defendant County of Mecklenburg (County) has governmental immunity for its claims in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) or less.

On 10 June 1992, Barry Ellis Cross, a mentally disabled adult, was killed when he left a County van and was hit by a car driven by defendant Robert Hamilton Rhodes, Jr. as he tried to cross the street. At the time of the accident, the County had primary and excess policies that together provided coverage for bodily injury and property damage claims in excess of a self-insured…