SHUPING v. BARBER

No. 8719SC611.

365 S.E.2d 712 (1988)

Jimmy L. SHUPING v. James D. BARBER, Michael Coates and City of Salisbury, North Carolina.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith, Patterson, Follin, Curtis, James and Harkavy by Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice by Charles F. Vance, Jr., and Gusti W. Frankel, Winston-Salem, for defendants-appellees.


PARKER, Judge.

On the sole issue raised in this appeal, plaintiff contends that the trial court erred in entering summary judgment for defendants for the reason that the statements allegedly made by the individual defendants were actionable per se and defendants' affirmative defenses of privileged communication and governmental immunity are not a bar to plaintiff's claim.

Summary judgment is appropriate when...

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