NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 99-4 (2026)

Repealed by Session Laws 1975, c. 402

✓ current as of July 2026

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§ 99-5. Negligence in permitting defamatory statements by others essential to liability of operator, etc., of broadcasting station.

The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations, and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator, shall not be liable for any damage for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast, by one other than such owner, licensee or operator, or agent or employee thereof, unless such owner, licensee or operator shall be guilty of negligence in permitting any such defamatory statement. (1949, c. 262.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1971–2001 · leading case: Dewitt v. Eveready Battery Co., Inc., 550 S.E.2d 511 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001).

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Dewitt v. Eveready Battery Co., Inc., 550 S.E.2d 511 (N.C. Ct. App. 2001). · cites it 6× “2d 240, 244 (1997); N.C.G.S. § 99-4 (1999). "A plaintiff is contributorily negligent when he fails to exercise such care as an ordinarily prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in order to avoid injury.”

Tallent v. Blake, 291 S.E.2d 336 (N.C. Ct. App. 1982). “G.S. 99-4.) Williams v. Rutherford Freight Lines, Inc.”

Williams v. Rutherford Freight Lines, Inc., 179 S.E.2d 319 (N.C. Ct. App. 1971). “G.S. 99-4). Plaintiffs argue that the language allegedly used by defendants is actionable per se in that it charges them with a crime, and also tends to prejudice them in their occupations as truck drivers and Union leaders.”

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