McGee v. North Carolina Department of Revenue

WALKER, Judge.

Plaintiff brought a claim for damages to his truck under the Tort Claims Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-291 et. seq. The deputy commissioner denied plaintiff’s claim. The Full Commission (Commission) reversed the deputy commissioner’s decision and ordered defendant to pay plaintiff $15,290.54 in damages and court costs.

The Commission’s findings include the following:

1. During the early morning hours of May 15, 1992, Betty McGee, the estranged wife of plaintiff, Curtis Keith McGee, and plaintiff’s mother were awakened by a team of officers from the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Department…