Clark v. Brown

GREENE, Judge.

In this civil action, plaintiff appeals the trial court’s grant of summary judgment for defendant on plaintiff’s claims of libel, slander, intentional interference with contract and interference with prospective economic advantage.

The evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to plaintiff, tends to show that plaintiff was employed in December 1984 by defendant district attorney as an assistant district attorney for Gaston County. In the spring of 1986, defendant was engaged in a primary re-election campaign and plaintiff was a friend of defendant’s opponent in that election.…