Among the new batch of opinions released this morning from the N.C. Court of Appeals:
- An appellate panel ruled 2-1 in favor of Rowan Salisbury Schools in a worker’s compensation dispute with a high school teacher who injured her knee while walking up the school’s stairs.
- A unanimous three-judge panel reversed a lower court ruling and instead favored Haywood County in a lawsuit linked to a 2006 scuffle at the county sheriff’s department office.
- A unanimous three-judge panel affirmed the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services’ ruling in a certificate-of-need dispute involving the purchase of a “linear accelerator” by Cancer Centers of North Carolina and AOR Management Company of Virginia. Rex Hospital, Cary Urology, and Wake Radiology Oncology Services had challenged the CON ruling.
- A unanimous three-judge panel offered a mixed ruling in a lawsuit involving Gaston County 911 call center employees. The appellate judges affirmed a trial court ruling blocking a lawsuit against the employees in their official capacity but remanded the case to the lower court to resolve other issues.
- An appellate panel ruled 2-1 in favor of the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority in a dispute with a property owner over sewer and utility easements.
