Stein v. Asheville City Board of Education

NEWBY, Justice.

The issue is whether plaintiffs have stated a claim for negligence against defendant Blue Ridge Area Authority 1 (“defendant”) for damages resulting from the off-campus shooting of plaintiff Stein by students who attended defendant’s school. We hold plaintiffs have not stated a valid claim, and we reverse the Court of Appeals.

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Kathlyn Marie Stein (“Stein”) and husband plaintiff Michael Hootstein filed suit against defendant alleging the following facts. 2 Defendant is a political subdivision of the State, organized under N.C.G.S. § 122C-101 through -200, 3…