Title: Hodge v. N. C. Dep't of Transp

State: north-carolina

Issuer: North Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

GLENN I. HODGE, JR. v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION and NORRIS TOLSON, Secretary of the North Carolina
Department of Transportation
No. 170A00
(Filed 6 October 2000)
Public Officers and Employees--reinstatement--chief internal auditor--internal auditor--
not similar positions
The decision of the Court of Appeals in this case is reversed for the reason stated in the
dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeals that plaintiff’s current position of internal auditor
with the DOT does not constitute reinstatement to a position similar to that of Chief Internal
Auditor which he formerly held even though plaintiff’s pay grade is the same.
Appeal by plaintiff pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the
decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, 137 N.C.
App. 247, 528 S.E.2d 22 (2000), reversing and remanding an order
for summary judgment entered 12 February 1999 by Cashwell, J., in
Superior Court, Wake County.  Heard in the Supreme Court
13 September 2000.
Broughton, Wilkins & Sugg, P.A., by Randolph Palmer Sugg,
for plaintiff-appellant.
Michael F. Easley, Attorney General, by Robert O. Crawford,
III, Special Deputy Attorney General, and Sarah Ann Lannom
and Tina A. Krasner, Assistant Attorneys General, for
defendant-appellees.
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by Judge
Walker, the decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.
REVERSED.