Legal Opinion
HICKMAN BY WOMBLE v. Fuqua
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided November 17, 1992No. 9121SC804PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS, Judge.
In this case we are asked to decide whether a city which co-sponsors a free youth tennis program held at a public high school that adjoins a city-owned park enjoys immunity from a negligence suit. Defendant City of Winston-Salem made a motion for summary judgment based upon governmental immunity. The trial court denied this motion, and the City appeals. We reverse.
The City of Winston-Salem and Winston-Salem Tennis, Inc., a private nonprofit corporation, have for over twenty years cosponsored the Young Folks Tennis Clinic, a program which provides free tennis lessons for children.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Corum v. University of North CarolinaSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1992
- Koontz v. City of Winston-SalemSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
- Britt v. City of WilmingtonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1952
- Hare v. ButlerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1990
- Sides v. Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1975
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Herring v. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2000
- Schmidt v. BreedenCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1999
- Lyles v. City of CharlotteCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1995
- Hallman v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1996
- Horne ex rel. Heintzelman v. Town of Blowing RockCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2012
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