Appeals Court Affirms that School Board Was Entitled to Immunity in Spite of Defective Playing Surface

A North Carolina state appeals court has affirmed a trial court’s ruling that a school board was entitled to statutory immunity in a case in which a basketball referee injured himself, allegedly because of a defective playing surface, and sued a school board.   Central to the ruling was that, at the time of the injury, a basketball club leased the gym and had entered into a validly executed agreement with the school board. By doing so, the board protected its access to statutory immunity,