The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals reversed a hearing officer’s order, holding that a school board provided adequate due process notice of a termination hearing by serving the employee’s attorney of record, and that internal miscommunication among the employee’s multiple lawyers did not create a constitutional violation.
Appellate Division reverses, declaring teacher acquired tenure by estoppel when Department of Education failed to timely discontinue employment before expiration of extended probationary period.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed denial of a school board’s motion to dismiss a SAFE Child Act revival claim, holding that the ten-year repose period in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(16) applies only to latent injuries (not sexual assault) and that governmental immunity is not established at the pleading stage when the record leaves an unexplained gap in insurance coverage for any year in which the alleged abuse occurred.