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