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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_6 > GS_6-21_4§6‑21.4. Allowance of counsel fees and costs in certain cases involvingprincipals or teachers.
In any civil action broughtagainst a public school principal or teacher as defined in G.S. 115C‑390arising or resulting from the use of corporal punishment, upon a determinationthat the principal or teacher has prevailed and that the plaintiff's action wasfrivolous or without substantial merit, the presiding judge may, in hisdiscretion, allow a reasonable attorney fee to the duly licensed attorneyrepresenting the principal or teacher. The attorney's fee shall be taxed aspart of the court costs. (1981, c. 381, s. 1; c. 682, s. 22.)
