Title: Helm v. Appalachian State Univ.
Citation: 363 N.C. 366
Docket Number: 30A09
State: north-carolina
Issuer: north-carolina Supreme Court
Date: June 18, 2009

Supreme Court
Slip Opinion
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA
No. 30A09
FILED: 18 JUNE 2009
JANE P. HELM  
v.
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY and KENNETH E. PEACOCK, in his
official capacity as Chancellor of Appalachian State University
Appeal pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(2) from the
decision of a divided panel of the Court of Appeals, ___ N.C.
App. ___, 670 S.E.2d 571 (2008), affirming an order dismissing
plaintiff’s complaint entered on 28 August 2007 by Judge Mark E.
Powell in Superior Court, Watauga County.  Heard in the Supreme
Court 5 May 2009.
Patterson Harkavy LLP, by Burton Craige and Jessica E.
Leaven, for plaintiff-appellant.
Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Kimberly D. Potter,
Assistant Attorney General, for defendant-appellees.
 
PER CURIAM.
For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion, the
decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed.  
REVERSED.