March 6, 2013 - Mecklenburg Superior Court Judge Hugh Lewis dismissed a lawsuit that was filed by the family of Delvonte Tisdale. Tisdale died when he fell from a wheel well on a US Airways Boeing 737 on approach to Boston’s Logan International Airport back in November 2010.  

Judge Hugh Lewis ruled that there was no evidence which indicated the city of Charlotte, North Carolina did anything wrong, the city owes a duty of care to the general public but not those who seek to breach security and by Tisdale entering a secured areas and climbing into the wheel well, Tisdale was negligent.   

Bob Hagemann, Charlotte City Attorney said that "while the city remains saddened by Mr. Tisdale's death and sympathizes with his family, the Court's ruling confirms our belief that the City should not be held legally liable for Mr. Tisdale's decisions and actions." 

Born and raised in North Carolina, 16 year old Delvonte Tisdale was reported missing by his family back on November 14, 2010, he was believed to have runway from home. On the following day Tisdale’s mutilated body was located in Milton, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb were he suffered massive head trauma and broken bones. Police were not sure what happened. At that time the one thing the police believed was Tisdale was murdered.