ROYAL v. PATE

1 Citing case

  1. ROYAL v. PATE

    188 N.C. App. 165 (N.C. Ct. App. 2008)

    Nathan Michael Richard Royal (minor plaintiff) was injured at a baseball tournament held at South Lenoir High School on 28 April 2002. The minor plaintiff, through his guardian ad litem, and through his parents Michael Royal and Tina Royal (collectively plaintiffs), filed suit against Kinston/Lenoir County Recreation Commission; Thurman Pate, an employee of the Recreation Commission, individually and in his official capacity; the Lenoir County Board of Education (the Board); Jimmy Smith (Smith), an employee of the Board, individually and in his official capacity; Lenoir County; City of Kinston; and the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, Inc. (AAU). Plaintiffs asserted negligence claims against each Defendant.A complete recitation of the facts may be found in Royal v. Pate, ___ N.C. App. ___, 643 S.E.2d 677 (2007)(unpublished). On 7 November 2005, a Minor Settlement Judgment was approved by the trial court adopting a settlement agreement between plaintiffs and defendants AAU, Thurman Pate in his individual capacity and to the extent he allegedly worked on behalf of AAU, and Jimmy Smith, in his individual capacity and to the extent he allegedly worked on behalf of AAU (collectively, "the settling defendants").