Mayfield Loses Again in Litigation against NASCAR

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a lower court’s decision to effectively dismiss the claim of a NASCAR driver, who after testing positive for banned substances and being suspended, sued NASCAR and the testing agency for breach of contract and defamation, among other things.   In so ruling, the panel found that the lower court “properly dismissed” the claim and did not “abuse its discretion.”   The dispute began on May 1, 2009, when a NASCAR official asked dr