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SKINNER v. REYNOLDS

No. COA14-325.

764 S.E.2d 652 (2014)

Daniel E. SKINNER, Plaintiff, v. Suzanne REYNOLDS, Blake Morant, Nathan Hatch, James Reid Morgan, Wake Forest University, and Wake Forest University School of Law, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. Skinner, pro se.

Bell, Davis & Pitt, P.A., Charlotte, by William K. Davis , and Stephen M. Russell, Sr. , for defendant-appellees.

STEELMAN, Judge.

Plaintiff's complaint was properly dismissed under N.C. Gen.Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 12(b)(6) because it failed to state a claim for defamation based on libel per se or libel per quod. Plaintiff's claims for negligent supervision were properly dismissed as derivative of his substantive claims.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

Daniel Skinner (plaintiff) was enrolled at Wake Forest University School of Law,...

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