Hupp v. Sasser

The University of West Virginia Board of Trustees (“University”) appeals from the Circuit Court of Monongalia County’s denial of its motions for directed verdict and for judgment notwithstanding the verdict in a civil suit brought against it by Appellee Fred E. Hupp, a former graduate student, that involved allegations of defamation, breach of contract, and denial of due process. The University assigns as error the trial court’s failure to rale that the alleged defamatory statements lacked defamatory content, that it did not publish any communication defaming Mr. Hupp, and that the…