Legal Opinion
Myers v. Town of Plymouth
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided December 7, 1999No. COA99-79PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WYNN, Judge.
Under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-147 (1998 Cum. Supp.), municipalities may only hire their town managers in an “at will” capacity. In this case, a fired town manager contends that a provision for severance pay under his employment contract did not negate the “at will” nature of his employment. Since we find an agreement providing severance pay to a town manager does not prohibit the town from terminating the town manager “at will,” we conclude that the severance pay provision is valid and enforceable.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159-28(a) (1994) requires that a town pre-audit any financial…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Jenkins v. MedfordCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
- City of Raleigh v. FisherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1950
- Bowers v. City of High PointSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1994
- Leete v. County of WarrenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1995
- Jenkins v. City of HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1938
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3Cited by11 opinions
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