Boulton v. Onslow County Board of Education

WHICHARD, Judge.

The parties stipulated that the death of plaintiffs five year old son was proximately caused by injuries he sustained when run over by a school bus owned by defendant and being operated by its agent within the scope of his employment. The Industrial Commission awarded plaintiff, as administrator of his son’s estate, a wrongful death recovery of $30,000, the maximum allowed by the State Tort Claims Act, G.S. 143-291, at the time of the accident. It also awarded him, individually, the medical and funeral expenses he incurred as a result of his son’s death.

The sole issue is…