Carter v. Marion

McCULLOUGH, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal from an order granting defendant's motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

FACTS

The plaintiffs, Linda F. Carter, Sara Coalson, Amy Davis and Dorothy M. Hyatt, are former deputy clerks in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Surry County. All plaintiffs were initially employed by Pat *130Coe Todd, who served as Clerk of Superior Court for twelve years until 2002, but decided not to run for re-election in the fall of 2002.

Defendant, Pam Marion ("defendant"), was a candidate for the office of clerk in 2002. Initially, she faced another Assistant Clerk,…