Legal Opinion
Morris v. Massingill
Virginia Circuit Court
Decided May 23, 2003No. Case No. (Law) L02-690PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BY JUDGE MARC JACOBSON
Lieutenant Roger E. Morris filed an Amended Motion for Judgment alleging that Detective Valorie Massingill, a detective with the Norfolk Police Department, made defamatory statements about him and that those statements allegedly cost him the opportunity for promotion. (PI. ’s Am. Mot. for J., at ¶¶ 2-3, 8, 10-11, 14-16, 19-21.) Plaintiff alleges both defamation and tortious interference with prospective economic opportunity. Defendant demurs to both counts of Plaintiff’s Amended Motion for Judgment.
A demurrer tests the sufficiency of factual allegations to determine…
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