Court Affirms Dismissal of Claim Brought by Spectator

A North Carolina state appeals court has affirmed a summary judgment ruling for a local school board in a case where it was sued by the family of a 6-year-old boy, who fell through the space between the bleachers and suffered a severe head injury.   In ruling for the County Board of Education, the court found that plaintiff Betty Gholston, who sued on her own behalf and as guardian for Tyson Davis, failed to show that a reasonable board would have acted differently with respect to bleachers