ZANDER v. ORANGE COUNTY NC (2024)

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Elizabeth ZANDER and Evan Galloway v. ORANGE COUNTY, NC and the Town of Chapel Hill

No. 426A18-2

Decided: December 13, 2024

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., by William A. Robertson, Raleigh, Robert J. King III, Daniel F.E. Smith, and Matthew B. Tynan, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellants. No brief for defendant-appellees.

For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion at the Court of Appeals, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. This case is remanded to the Court of Appeals with instructions to remand to the trial court for further proceedings.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

I would affirm the decision of the Court of Appeals for the reasons stated in the majority opinion of the Court of Appeals. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.

PER CURIAM.

Justice RIGGS did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.

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