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HALL v. PIEDMONT PUBLISHING CO.

No. 7923SC1003.

266 S.E.2d 397 (1980)

Dr. Locksley S. HALL v. PIEDMONT PUBLISHING COMPANY, a corporation, and David V. Liner.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McElwee, Hall, McElwee & Cannon by John E. Hall, Wilkesboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice by Charles F. Vance, Jr., and W. Andrew Copenhaver, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee, Piedmont Publishing Company.

Roy G. Hall, Jr., and Zachary T. Bynum III, Winston-Salem, for defendant-appellee, David V. Liner.

VAUGHN, Judge.

It was plaintiff's burden to prove defamatory language on the part of defendants of or concerning plaintiff which was published to a third person causing injury to plaintiff's reputation and if the plaintiff was a public official or public figure, plaintiff must prove actual malice on the part of defendants. We hold that a directed verdict was properly granted for defendants because plaintiff was a public official and plaintiff has not shown...

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