Food Lion, Inc. v. Melton

In this appeal from a judgment in a tort action, we consider whether the trial court erred: 1) in striking the plaintiffs evidence of defamation; and 2) in barring the plaintiff from introducing in her case in chief the defendant’s original responses to the plaintiffs request for admissions, which had been amended prior to trial.

Christine F. Melton filed a motion for judgment against Food Lion, Inc., alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress, defamation, insulting words, false imprisonment, and negligence. Melton alleged that, upon leaving the Food Lion store located at Route 1…