Legal Opinion

Huff v. Northampton County Board of Education

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 20, 1963No. 169PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDenny, C.J.

The appellant assigns as error the finding of fact to the effect that the attack and injuries inflicted on Cleo Huff by Odessie Sykes were not reasonably foreseeable by either the principal or the Board of Education operating the bus in question nor were the damages suffered by the plaintiff on the occasion in question proximately caused by any negligent act or omission of the principal or Board of Education.

An award against a county board of education under the provisions of the Tort Claims Act may not be predicated on the negligent act or omission of a school principal or the county board…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Fields Ex Rel. Fields v. Durham City Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1960
  2. Smith v. Cumberland County Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Crawford v. Wayne County Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1969
  2. Overcash v. Statesville City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1986
  3. Styers v. PhillipsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
  4. Ronald T. Butler, an Infant, by Booker T. Butler, His Father and Next Friend, and Booker T. Butler, Individually v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
  5. Clary v. Alexander County Board of EducationSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974

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