JOHNSON v. NEWS AND OBSERVER PUB. CO.

No. COA03-1386.

604 S.E.2d 344 (2004)

Dennis JOHNSON and wife, Janice Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. The NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY, The McClatchy Company, & McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Smithfield Herald and Jack Roberts, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armstrong & Armstrong, P.A., by L. Lamar Armstrong, Jr., Smithfield, for plaintiff-appellants.

Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P., by Erin D. McNeil, Raleigh, for defendant-appellees The News & Observer Publishing Company, The McClatchy Company, & McClatchy Newspapers, Inc. d/b/a The Smithfield Herald.


THORNBURG, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment for defendant-newspaper publishers and the denial of their motion for summary judgment on the issue of vicarious liability.

Plaintiffs' personal injury claims arise out of an automobile accident involving plaintiffs and defendant Jack Roberts. Roberts worked as a newspaper carrier for the Smithfield Herald and was delivering newspapers...

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