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OKWARA v. DILLARD DEPT. STORES, INC.

No. COA99-309.

525 S.E.2d 481 (2000)

Chiege Kalu OKWARA v. DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., and Town of Pineville, and Walter B. Rorie.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

February 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daly & Daly, P.A., by George Daly, Charlotte, for plaintiff-appellant.

Underwood Kinsey Warren & Tucker, P.A., by C. Ralph Kinsey, Jr., Charlotte, for defendant-appellee Dillard Department Stores, Inc.

Bailey & Dixon, L.L.P., by Patricia P. Kerner, Raleigh, for defendant-appellee Town of Pineville.

MARTIN, Judge.

Plaintiff Chiege Kalu Okwara filed suit against Officer Walter B. Rorie, Dillard Department Stores ("Dillard") and the Town of Pineville ("Town") on 2 December 1994, alleging negligent hiring, defamation, slander per se, race discrimination, violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, battery, and assault. These allegations stemmed from a 10 December 1993 incident at a Dillard Department...

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