White v. Trew

ELMORE, Judge.

On 14 November 2007, Mark W. White (plaintiff) filed a libel suit against Robert J. Trew (defendant) alleging that defendant had published factually false and inaccurate information about plaintiff in plaintiff’s “annual review.” Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, which was denied on 22 December 2010. Defendant appeals, alleging that sovereign immunity shields him from personal liability and that a required element of the libel claim has not been met. After careful consideration, we affirm the decision of the trial court.

I. Background

Plaintiff was a tenured…