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MARTA DOBROWOLSKA, a Minor, and PAWEL DOBROWOLSKI, a Minor, by
and through their Guardian Ad Litem, Robert Dobrowolski, and
ROBERT DOBROWOLSKI, Individually v. MICHAEL W. WALL and THE CITY
OF GREENSBORO
No. 270PA00
(Filed 1 February 2002)
On appeal of right of a constitutional question pursuant to
N.C.G.S. § 7A-30(1) and on discretionary review pursuant to
N.C.G.S. § 7A-31 to review a unanimous decision of the Court of
Appeals, 138 N.C. App. 1, 530 S.E.2d 590 (2000), affirming in
part and reversing and remanding in part an order for summary
judgment entered by Morgan (Melzer A., Jr.), J., on 14 August
1998 in Superior Court, Guilford County. Heard in the Supreme
Court 12 March 2001.
Fisher, Clinard & Craig, PLLC, by John O. Craig, III, and
Shane T. Stutts, for plaintiff-appellees.
Hill, Evans, Duncan, Jordan & Davis, P.L.L.C., by Polly D.
Sizemore and Joseph P. Gram, for defendant-appellant City of
Greensboro.
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, P.L.L.C., by Burley B.
Mitchell, Jr., and Tamara P.W. Desai, on behalf of the North
Carolina Association of County Commissioners, amicus curiae.
North Carolina League of Municipalities, by Andrew L.
Romanet, Jr., General Counsel, and Gregory F. Schwitzgebel
III, Assistant General Counsel, amicus curiae.
Smith Helms Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., by James G.
Middlebrooks and T. Jonathan Adams, on behalf of the North
Carolina Council of School Attorneys, amicus curiae.
Tharrington Smith, L.L.P., by Michael Crowell and Deborah
Stagner, on behalf of North Carolina School Boards
Association, amicus curiae.
Blanchard, Jenkins, Miller & Lewis, P.A., by E. Hardy Lewis,
on behalf of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers,
amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
DISCRETIONARY REVIEW IMPROVIDENTLY ALLOWED IN PART; APPEAL
DISMISSED EX MERO MOTU IN PART.
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