Legal Opinion
Presnell v. Pell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided December 4, 1979No. 38PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EXUM, Justice.
This is an action for slander and wrongful discharge from employment. The questions presented are whether (1) the complaint states a claim for relief for defamation and (2) the claim for wrongful discharge was properly dismissed for want of original jurisdiction. We answer both in the affirmative.
Plaintiff alleges by her complaint: Before her discharge on 13 December 1976 she was employed by defendant Surry County Board of Education as manager of the cafeteria at Mountain Park Elementary School. She had held this position for some fourteen years. During the first part of…
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