Legal Opinion
Pate v. N.C. Department of Transportation
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided March 7, 2006No. COA05-609PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVINSON, Judge.
Defendant North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) appeals a decision and order of the Industrial Commission, affirming with modification a deputy commissioner’s order awarding damages to plaintiffs. We affirm.
Record evidence establishes the following: In 1999 plaintiffs Derek and Michelle Pate lived at 2738 Stoney Brook Drive on State Rd. 1217, Farmville, in Pitt County, North Carolina. A buried drainage pipe ran under their property and beneath the road. Maintenance of both State Rd. 1217 and of the drainage pipe, including determination of the appropriate…
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