North Carolina Defamation Law
Oliver Harney v. Christina Harney
<h2><br> Henderson, North Carolina family law lawyers represented the parties in a child custody dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Mother lives in New York and she gave birth to Sam in New York in June 2019. Plaintiff ("Grandfather") lives in Vance County, North Carolina. When the complaint in this matter was filed, Sam's biological father was "unknown" to Grandfather[2] although Mother later ident... More...
$0 (09-03-2024 - NC)Kayla and Kellie Bingham v. Medical University of South Carolina
Twin South Carolina sisters sued the Medical University of South Carolina on defamation theories claiming that they were wrongfully accused of "academic dishonest" in May 2016 after test proctors reviewed the results of an examine the sisters took and on which the got remarkably similar scores.<br> <br> The sisters' identical answers to 296 of 307 questions, including 54 wrong answers, raised alar... More...
$0 (12-13-2022 - NC)Thomas M. Cannon v. Village of Bald Head Island
In August 2014, the Village of Bald Head Island, N.C. (“Bald Head”), fired Plaintiffs Thomas Cannon, Jesse Conner, Donald Koons, and Nicholas Terrell (collectively, the “Officers”)—who worked for Bald Head’s Department of Public Safety (the “Department”)—for the content of messages the Officers sent in a private text-message chain. Approximately one year later, the Officers filed... More...
$0 (05-30-2018 - NC)United States of America v. Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan
The appellants in these consolidated proceedings, Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, Ziyad Yaghi, and Hysen Sherifi, were tried jointly in the Eastern District of North Carolina and convicted of several offenses arising from terrorism activities. On appeal, the trio presents myriad challenges to their convictions and sentences. As explained below, we reject the appellants' various contentions of error and ... More...
$0 (02-04-2014 - NC)Boyce & Isley, PLLC, et al. v. Roy A.Cooper, III, The Cooper Committee, Julia White, Stepehn Bryant and Kristi Hyman
Defendants North Carolina Attorney General Roy A. Cooper, III, his campaign committee for the 2000 election for North Carolina Attorney General (the "Cooper Committeeâ€), and three employees of the Cooper Committee, Julia White, Stephen Bryant, and Kristi Hyman, (hereinafter, collectively referred to as "defendantsâ€), appeal from an interlocutory order entitled "Order, Following In Cam... More...
$0 (03-24-2009 - NC)Benjamin Paul Jones v. William H. Coward and Coward, Hicks & Siler, P.A.
According to plaintiff's complaint, William H. Coward ("defendantâ€), while a partner in the law firm of Coward, Hicks & Siler, P.A. (along with defendant, "defendantsâ€), filed a lawsuit on 8 September 2005, the subject of which is not relevant to the instant action. On 19 January 2006, this complaint was amended and joined plaintiff as a defendant. In November 2006, defendant approac... More...
$0 (10-07-2008 - NC)<a href="http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/public/coa/opinions/2002/010880-1.htm" target="_new">Boyce & Isley, PLLC, et al. v. Roy A. Cooper, III, et al.</a>
The law firm of Boyce & Isley, PLLC, and its member attorneys G. Eugene Boyce, R. Daniel Boyce, Philip R. Isley and Laura B. Isley (collectively, "plaintiffs") appeal from an order of the trial court dismissing plaintiffs' complaint pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse in part the order of the trialcourt. <P> Th... More...
$0 (10-07-2002 - NC)<a href="http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/public/coa/opinions/2001/001068-1.htm" target="_new">Combs & Associates, Inc. v. Curtis Kennedy, et al.</a>
Plaintiff initiated this action against defendants on 26 January 1999. In its amended complaint, plaintiff presents claims for misappropriation of trade secrets, two counts of tortious interference with a contract, defamation, breach of employee duty of loyalty, unfair and deceptive trade practices, civil conspiracy and punitive damages. Following discovery, plaintiff moved for summary judgment ag... More...
$0 (12-04-2001 - NC)<a href="http://www.aoc.state.nc.us/www/public/coa/opinions/2001/000501-1.htm" target="_new">DANIEL WILLIAM LACOMB and GAIL ANN LACOMB, Plaintiffs, v. JACKSONVILLE DAILY NEWS COMPANY, Defendant</a>
Plaintiffs were arrested 6 November 1998 and each charged with misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency of two minors. The warrants alleged that plaintiffs “knowingly” did “cause, encourage and aid” the named juveniles “to commit an act, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, and engage in a sex act, whereby that juvenile could be adjudicated delinquent.&#... More...
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