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DICKENS v. THORNE

No. 917SC920.

429 S.E.2d 176 (1993)

110 N.C. App. 39

Jerome DICKENS, Plaintiff, v. J.O. THORNE and the County of Edgecombe, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 4, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker, Jenkins & Jones, P.A. by R.B. Daly, Jr. and Roger A. Askew, Ahoskie, for plaintiff-appellee.

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice by James R. Morgan, Jr., Winston-Salem, and Taylor & Brinson by Herbert H. Taylor, Jr., Tarboro, for defendant-appellants.

ORR, Judge.

Prior to this action, Dickens was an employee of the County. In his complaint, Dickens alleges Thorne made untrue statements and divulged confidential information that had been discussed at a Board meeting about Dickens' resignation from his job with the County to a local reporter from The Daily Southerner. Dickens alleges the reporter published a libelous article about him based on these statements. The defendants make two assignments of error...

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