MESSICK v. CATAWBA COUNTY, N.C.

No. 9225SC597.

431 S.E.2d 489 (1993)

110 N.C. App. 707

Victor Hamilton MESSICK, v. CATAWBA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA; David Huffman, Individually and as Sheriff of Catawba County; Laverne Bolick, Individually and as an Officer of the Catawba County Sheriff's Department; K.B. Crouse, Individually and as an Officer in the Catawba County Sheriff's Department; Richard Harwell, acting as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Catawba County; Robert Hibbitts, as Commissioner of Catawba County; Gretchen Peed, as Commissioner of Catawba County; Eddie Huffman, as Commissioner of Catawba County; David L. Stewart, as Commissioner of Catawba County; Thomas Lundy, as Commissioner of Catawba County.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 6, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Metcalf, Vrsecky & Beal by Christopher L. Beal, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Dewey W. Wells and Nathanael K. Pendley, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.


WYNN, Judge.

On 3 June 1988, the Catawba County Sheriff's Department received information from the parents of C.M., a five-year-old child who regularly attended one of the plaintiff's seven day-care centers, regarding the possible sexual abuse of C.M. by the plaintiff. The investigation of these allegations was assigned to Detective Laverne Bolick, who had received a week of special training regarding dealing with juveniles and had recently completed a special one...

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