# Slade v. Vernon

> Court of Appeals of North Carolina · June 1, 1993 · 110 N.C. App. 422

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9853288

## Case

- **Full name:** FRED LEVETTE SLADE and Wife, BARBARA J. SLADE, Plaintiffs v. C. D. VERNON, Sheriff of Rockingham County; JACK KENNETH BRYANT, Chief Jailer of the Rockingham County Jail; Being Sued Individually and in Their Official Capacities, Defendants
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of North Carolina
- **Decided:** June 1, 1993
- **Citations:** 110 N.C. App. 422; 429 S.E.2d 744; 1993 N.C. App. LEXIS 519
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Greene
- **Judges:** Wells, Greene, Wynn
- **Cited by:** 66 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- applying public official immunity to a sheriff and a chief jailer

## Opinion text

Judge GREENE
concurring.
I write separately to emphasize that, except to the extent that defendant Vernon has furnished a bond pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 162-8 (1987), and except to the extent that defendant’s conduct violates the provisions of the bond, defendants have full immunity from plaintiffs’ claim. See State ex rel. Williams v. Adams, 288 N.C. 501 , 219 S.E.2d 198 (1975) (N.C.G.S. § 58-76-5 held to enlarge *430 conditions of bond furnished under N.C.G.S. § 162-8 to include liability for wrongful death of prisoner). Furthermore, because we are treating this action as one on the sheriffs bond, unless the surety on the bond is joined as a party within a reasonable time after remand, the action must be dismissed. J & B Slurry Seal Co. v. Mid-South Aviation, Inc., 88 N.C. App. 1, 17 , 362 S.E.2d 812, 822 (1987).

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