Edwards v. Pitt County Health Director

I agree with the majority’s reliance on Liebes v. Guilford Cnty. Dep’t of Pub. Health, _ N.C. App. _ 713 S.E.2d 546 (2011) to resolve this issue, but I believe that the majority’s interpretation of the country club exemption unduly narrows the force and effect of the statute.

“Where a statute contains two clauses which prescribe its applicability, and the clauses are connected by a disjunctive (e.g. “or”), the *461application of the statute is not limited to cases falling within both clauses, but will apply to cases falling within either of them.” Spruill v. Lake Phelps Vol. Fire Dep’t, Inc., 351…