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MALECEK v. WILLIAMS

No. COA16-830.

804 S.E.2d 592 (2017)

Marc MALECEK, Plaintiff, v. Derek WILLIAMS, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

Filed: September 5, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Offices of J. Scott Smith, PLLC, by J. Scott Smith , Winston Salem, and Andrew Newman , for plaintiff-appellant.

Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler, P.A., by Kim R. Bonuomo , Joslin Davis , Winston-Salem, and Bennett D. Rainey , for defendant-appellee.

This case concerns two common law causes of action—alienation of affection and criminal conversation—that permit litigants to sue the lovers of their unfaithful spouses. These laws were born out of misogyny and in modern times are often used as tools for enterprising divorce lawyers seeking leverage over the other side...

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