In the latest batch of opinions issued from the N.C. Court of Appeals this morning:

  • A unanimous three-judge panel rejected Winston-Salem’s attempt to throw out a lawsuit linked to the 2006 death of a 7-year-old bicyclist struck and killed by a drunk driver. The boy’s mother can continue to pursue her claims of city “negligence in violating various safety statutes and municipal ordinances regulating the maintenance of its streets, obstructions to vision and traffic, and parking regulations.” 
  • A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a 2008 trial court ruling favoring the City of Charlotte in a development dispute involving homeowners in Coventry Woods and Cedars East.
  • A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a 2008 trial court ruling in a fight over development of the “old Babies hospital” property in Wilmington. 
  • A unanimous three-judge panel upheld a 2009 trial court ruling in favor of Winston-Salem State University in a legal fight over the firing of an untenured assistant professor.
  • A unanimous three-judge panel threw out an appeal from Craven County Schools linked to a worker’s compensation dispute.