RENWICK v. NEWS AND OBSERVER PUB. CO.

No. 412A83.

312 S.E.2d 405 (1984)

310 N.C. 312

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

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 6, 1984.


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-appellee.

Sanford, Adams, McCullough & Beard by H. Hugh Stevens, Jr., Raleigh, for defendant-appellant, The News and Observer Pub. Co.

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


MITCHELL, Justice.

The question before us for review in this consolidated appeal is whether the plaintiff's complaints state a claim upon which relief can be granted against either or both defendants for either libel or invasion of privacy. We hold that the plaintiff's complaints fail to state a claim against either defendant on either theory.

The plaintiff, Hayden B. Renwick, is Associate Dean of the College of...

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