A mother who says that her three children were repeatedly bullied and sexually harassed at school will be able to sue the Pitt County School Board for interfering with her children’s constitutional right to a sound basic education, the ...

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In a ruling that shores up its previously expressed inclinations, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday held that employers can be held liable for workplace harassment perpetrated by a third-party. “This court has not yet adopted this ...

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Tyll v. Willets Where plaintiff alleged that defendant was threatening to send emails to others with (presumably false) information about defendant, plaintiff’s allegations do not indicate harassment that would justify a no-contact order under G.S. Chapter 50C.

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Kennedy v. Morgan (Lawyers Weekly No. 12-07-0588, 12 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) Appealed from Guilford County District Court. (Margaret Sharpe, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Although plaintiff presented evidence that defendant had been abusive during and even after their marriage, defendant’s act of hiring a private investigative service to conduct surveillance in order to determine if plaintiff was co-habiting was not “knowing conduct … directed at a specific person that torments, terrorizes, or terrifies that person and that serves no legitimate purpose.” G.S. § 14-277.3A(b)(2).

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  State v. Van Pelt. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-0877, 7 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) Appealed from Durham County Superior Court. (R. Allan Baddour Jr., J.) N.C. App. Holding: The state presented sufficient evidence that defendant’s communications put the victim ...

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