WHITE v. TREW

No. COA11-337.

720 S.E.2d 713 (2011)

Mark W. WHITE, Plaintiff, v. Robert J. TREW, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

December 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC, by C. Amanda Martin , and Everett Gaskins Hancock LLP, by James M. Hash , Raleigh, for plaintiff.

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Brian R. Berman , for defendant.


ELMORE, Judge.

On 14 November 2007, Mark W. White (plaintiff) filed a libel suit against Robert J. Trew (defendant) alleging that defendant had published factually false and inaccurate information about plaintiff in plaintiff's "annual review." Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, which was denied on 22 December 2010. Defendant appeals, alleging that sovereign immunity shields him from personal liability and that a required element of the libel claim...

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