Smith v. Cumberland County Board of Education
This text of 84 S.E.2d 903 (Smith v. Cumberland County Board of Education) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Supreme Court of North Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
We have carefully considered the evidence introduced before the hearing Commissioner and have concluded that the finding of negligence against the driver of the bus is not supported thereby. Therefore, the defendants’ exception No. 4 should have been sustained. While the ruling of the court below on the defendants’ exception with respect to the failure of the hearing Commissioner and the Full Commission to find that the deceased was guilty of contributory negligence resulted in a verdict for the defendants, we affirm the result on the ground that the evidence does not support the finding of negligence on the part of the driver of the bus rather than upon the conclusion that the deceased was contrib-utorily negligent. As regrettable as the death of this young girl may be, we can find no legal basis for sustaining an award in favor of the plaintiff.
Modified and affirmed.
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