RENWICK v. NEWS AND OBSERVER PUB. CO.

No. 8215SC432.

304 S.E.2d 593 (1983)

63 N.C. App. 200

Hayden B. RENWICK v. The NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY, d/b/a the Raleigh Times. Hayden B. RENWICK v. GREENSBORO NEWS COMPANY, d/b/a the Greensboro Daily News and Record.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy & Kennedy by Annie Brown Kennedy, Harvey L. Kennedy and Harold L. Kennedy, III, Winston-Salem, for plaintiff-appellant.

Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard by H. Hugh Stevens and Nancy Bentson Essex, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee, The News and Observer Pub. Co.

Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter by Richard W. Ellis and Alan W. Duncan, Greensboro, for defendant-appellee, Greensboro News Co.


JOHNSON, Judge.

The two cases in this libel and invasion of privacy action have been consolidated for purposes of appeal. The common questions presented for review are whether plaintiff's complaint (1) states a claim for relief for defamation and (2) states a claim for relief for invasion of privacy. Defendant Greensboro News raises an additional issue in its brief concerning a newspaper's liability for republication of the allegedly defamatory writings of another...

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