A fired North Carolina Department of Transportation employee hopes a decision last summer from the US Supreme Court can boost his legal case against the department. North Carolina’s highest court agreed in December 2023 to hear the case of Thurman Crofton Savage, fired in 2019 from his DOT job as a driver's education program specialist.
The state Court of Appeals has reversed its own decisions in two cases involving school buses that caused damage while delivering meals to students during the COVID-19 pandemic. In decisions released Tuesday, Judge Jeff Carpenter explained the new rulings favoring the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Alexander County school boards.
The state Court of Appeals has granted rehearings in two cases involving school bus drivers who caused accidents while delivering meals during the COVID-19 pandemic. October rulings in both cases would have allowed the lawsuits to proceed to trial. A state Justice Department lawyer representing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Alexander County school boards asked the court in November to take another look at the legal issues involved.
The state Court of Appeals will allow two lawsuits to move forward in separate cases involving school buses that caused damage while delivering meals to students during the COVID pandemic. The cases involve plaintiffs suing the Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Alexander County school boards.
State lawyers are fighting two different lawsuits involving school bus drivers who caused property damage while delivering meals for public school students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Court filings Wednesday asked the N.C. Court of Appeals to reject both suits.
