Legal Opinion
Multiple v. North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided March 7, 2006No. COA04-808PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEER, Judge.
Defendant North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) appeals from an order of the North Carolina Industrial Commission denying its motion to dismiss based on the public duty doctrine. Plaintiffs’ claims under the State Tort Claims Act arose out of a fire on 3 May 2002 at the Mitchell County jail. The fire claimed the lives of inmates Jason Jack Boston, Mark Halen Thomas, Jesse Allen Davis, and Danny Mark Johnson and seriously injured inmate O.M. Ledford, Jr. Plaintiffs contend that the inspector for DHHS was negligent in his inspection of the Mitchell County…
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