The Winston-Salem Journal reports:
The N.C. Court of Appeals has ruled against a Forsyth County woman challenging the constitutionality of a law that allows people to sue their spouse’s lover.
Veronica Filipowski, ex-wife of former Winston-Salem Dash team co-owner Andrew “Flip” Filipowski, is suing Melissa Oliver for damages in Forsyth Superior Court under North Carolina’s alienation of affection law. She alleges that Oliver’s affair with her husband ruined their marriage.
Oliver filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit in Forsyth Superior Court, which was denied. She appealed the decision to the N.C. Court of Appeals, arguing that the laws on alienation of affection and “criminal conversation” (a legal term for extramarital sex) violate rights to privacy and free speech.
In a decision handed down Tuesday, the court said Oliver failed to prove a “substantial” right that would be affected if the court did not take up her appeal before a final judgment in the lawsuit was reached.
