Legal Opinion
Hargrave v. Tignor
Stafford County Circuit Court
Decided August 6, 1991No. Case No. (Law) 9503-FBPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By JUDGE JAMES W. HALEY, JR.
William C. Tignor has moved the court for summary judgment in a slander action filed against him by Linda L. Hargrave. The parties have agreed the motion should be determined upon the pleadings, stipulation of facts, and products of discovery.
The original motion for judgment in this case was filed on September 21, 1984, and named as defendants the Commonwealth of Virginia, Tignor, individually and as Director of the Stafford County Department of Social Services, and the Public Welfare Board of Stafford County. It was claimed the alleged slander had been made to…
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