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Meehan V. American Media International

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(1) a valid contract between the plaintiff and a third person which confers upon the plaintiff a contractual right against a third person; (2) the defendant knows of the contract; (3) the defendant intentionally induces the third person not to perform the contract; (4) and in doing so acts without justification; (5) resulting in actual damage to plaintiff. Meehan v. American Media International, LLC, 214 N.C.App 245, 260, 712 S.E.2d 904, 913 (N.C.App. 2011) (citations omitted). In the present case, Dr. Stout cannot show either: (A) the existence of an intentional inducement not to perform the contract; or (B) the lack of justification. These two defenses are discussed in order in greater detail below. Each of them, independently, serves

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