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DESMOND v. NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING CO.

No. 132PA18-2.

846 S.E.2d 647 (2020)

Beth DESMOND v. The NEWS AND OBSERVER PUBLISHING COMPANY, McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., and Mandy Locke

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed August 14, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dement Askew & Johnson, by James T. Johnson , Raleigh, and Chynna T. Smith , for plaintiff-appellee Beth Desmond.

The Bussian Law Firm, PLLC, Raleigh, by John A. Bussian , McGuire Woods , Charlotte, by Bradley R. Kutrow , and Brooks, Pierce, Mclendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Raleigh, by Mark J. Prak , Julia C. Ambrose , and Timothy G. Nelson , for defendant-appellant The News and Observer Publishing Company, Tharrington Smith L.L.P., Raleigh, by Wade M. Smith, for Mandy Locke.

Essex Richards, P.A., by Jonathan E. Buchan , for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, et al., amici curiae.

Wyche, PA, by William M. Wilson, III , Sanford, for Professor William Van Alstyne, amicus curiae.

Plaintiff, Beth Desmond, filed a complaint alleging defamation on the part of defendants, the News and Observer Publishing Company (the N&O) and reporter Mandy Locke, arising out of a series of articles published by defendants in 2010. Following a trial, in which the jury found defendants...

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