RICHMOND COUNTY &c. v. SOUTHEASTERN &c. CORP.

40353, 40366.

252 Ga. 19 (1984)

311 S.E.2d 806

RICHMOND COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY d/b/a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL et al. v. SOUTHEASTERN NEWSPAPERS CORPORATION (two cases).

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Knox & Zacks, Wyckliffe A. Knox, Jr., Dye, Miller, Tucker & Everitt, Thomas W. Tucker, for appellants.

Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, W. Hale Barrett, David E. Hudson, for appellee.


SMITH, Justice.

Southeastern Newspapers Corp., publisher of two Augusta newspapers, requested from the Richmond County Hospital Authority, as operators of University Hospital in Augusta, certain information identifying the names, salaries, and job titles of hospital employees earning more than $28,000 annually. The hospital refused to provide this information and on June 7, 1983, Southeastern filed suit to compel disclosure. The superior court ruled that the hospital...

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