§ 6-21.4. Allowance of counsel fees and costs in certain cases involving principals or teachers. - North Carolina Statutes

§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.)