NEWS in brief
Rotruck-related lawsuit dismissed Dismissal is a win for the Town of Summerfield, which has spent over $223,915 in legal bills related to former council member Todd Rotruck by CHRIS BURRITT
council voted to pay for her legal fees.
SUMMERFIELD – A lawsuit filed against the Town of Summerfield by Summerfield residents Danny Nelson and Teresa Winfree Perryman, a former council member, has been dismissed. The suit, filed in January in state Superior Court, related to the 2018 removal of Todd Rotruck from the town council, Mayor Tim Sessoms said.
Elected in November 2017, Rotruck was removed from the council in April 2018 after the Guilford County Board of Elections determined he didn’t permanently reside in Summerfield, and was therefore ineligible to serve on the council.
The suit was the latest legal claim that the town improperly spent taxpayers’ money for the legal defense of Dianne Laughlin, who was appointed by the council to succeed Rotruck after his seat was vacated. After Rotruck subsequently sued Laughlin for taking his council seat, the
Sessoms announced the dismissal of the suit during the council’s meeting May 10. In an interview earlier this week, Finance Officer Dee Hall said the town has incurred more than $223,915 in legal bills related to Rotruck litigation. The total will go higher, she said, after the town gets the April bill from Nelson Mullins, the law firm representing the town in the latest suit.
Carolina Marina Store plans reopening after fire STOKESDALE – Carolina Marina Store at Belews Lake is preparing to reopen as early as this week after a May 9 fire caused extensive damage. A final connection of electrical service to a temporary store awaits approval by a Rockingham County inspector, according to Dan Kasper, the marina’s director of member services. Once approval is granted, the store will reopen with a limited supply of merchandise, he said. No one was injured in the fire, which caused “extensive smoke and water damage of anything that didn’t melt,” Kasper said in a recent interview. The fire was confined to the store at 548 Shelton Road in Stokesdale and didn’t damage the Deck restaurant and other adjacent buildings, Kasper said. An insurance appraiser will determine whether the store is salvageable or considered a total loss. An electrical problem may have caused the fire, Kasper said.
Photo courtesy of Dan Kasper, Carolina Marina
A fire on May 9 caused extensive damage to Carolina Marina Store at Belews Lake in Stokesdale; a temporary store with a limited supply of merchandise may be open as early as this week.
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