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BYNUM v. WILSON COUNTY

No. 380PA13.

758 S.E.2d 643 (2014)

Lois Edmondson BYNUM, Individually, and Lois Edmondson Bynum, Administratrix of the Estate Of James Earl Bynum and Lois Marie Bynum v. WILSON COUNTY and Sleepy Hollow Development Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

June 12, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas & Farris, P.A., by Albert S. Thomas, Jr. , Allen G. Thomas , and Kurt D. Schmidt ; and Narron & Holdford, P.A., by Ben L. Eagles , for plaintiff-appellees.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, by Burley B. Mitchell, Jr. and Robert T. Numbers, II ; and Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham, LLP, by Henry W. Gorham , Carrie E. Meigs , and Leslie P. Lasher , for defendant-appellants.

Amy Bason , General Counsel, for North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, amicus curiae.

Kimberly S. Hibbard , General Counsel, and Gregory F. Schwitzgebel, III , Senior Assistant General Counsel, North Carolina League of Municipalities; and Dorothy K. Leapley , Deputy City Attorney, City of Raleigh, for North Carolina League of Municipalities, amicus curiae.

Angela I. Carmon , Attorney for the City of Winston-Salem; and William L. Brown , Town Attorney for the Towns of Cramerton and Cornelius, amici curiae.

Roger A. Askew , Deputy County Attorney, and Scott W. Warren , County Attorney, for Wake County; John L. Roberts , Orange County Attorney's Office, for Orange County; Huey Marshall , Attorney for Brunswick County; Debra Bechtel , Attorney for Catawba County; Wanda Copley , Attorney for New Hanover County; R. Michael Cox , Attorney for Pasquotank County, and C. Ronald Aycock , Attorney for Person County, amici curiae.

JACKSON, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether governmental immunity bars plaintiffs' claims alleging that defendant Wilson County ("the County") negligently failed to inspect and maintain a county office building. Because the County's operation of the building is governmental in nature, we hold that plaintiffs' claims against the County are barred by governmental immunity. Accordingly, we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals.

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