COX BROADCASTING CORP. v. COHN

27880.

231 Ga. 60 (1973)

200 S.E.2d 127

COX BROADCASTING CORPORATION et al. v. COHN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 5, 1973.

Rehearing Denied September 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

King & Spalding, Kirk McAlpin, John A. Pickins, Joseph R. Bankoff, for appellants.

Zachry & Land, Stephen A. Land, for appellee.


GUNTER, Justice.

This appeal involves the alleged invasion of "the right to be left alone." The cause of action involved is also referred to as an invasion of the right of privacy, or the tort of public disclosure.

On August 18, 1971, the appellee's seventeen-year-old daughter was the victim of the crime of rape. Her death immediately followed. Six young men were subsequently indicted for murder and rape.

The rape and the death of the rape-victim were...

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