NC Appeals Court will not take up Asheville’s slander suit against private company

NC Appeals Court will not take up Asheville’s slander suit against private company

North Carolina’s second-highest court has dismissed a private parking company’s appeal in a lawsuit filed by the city of Asheville. City officials claim that ParkMobile slandered the city by misrepresenting Asheville’s affiliation with the private firm. A trial judge ruled in January that the slander case could move forward. ParkMobile appealed. An unnamed three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals dismissed the company’s appeal Th…