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BECKMAN v. COX BROADCASTING CORP.

39176, 39177.

250 Ga. 127 (1982)

296 S.E.2d 566

BECKMAN v. COX BROADCASTING CORPORATION; and vice versa.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, James C. Rawls, Frank Love, Jr., V. Robert Denham, Jr., for appellant.

King & Spalding, Joseph R. Bankoff, R. Marcus Lodge, for appellee.

GREGORY, Justice.

From 1962 until June 30, 1982, appellant Beckman was employed by Cox Broadcasting Corporation (Cox) as a meteorologist and "television personality," appearing primarily on Cox's affiliate, WSB-TV. In April, 1981, Beckman entered into a five-year contractual agreement with WXIA-TV, a competitor of Cox, to commence working for WXIA as a meteorologist and "television personality" when his contract with Cox expired on July 1, 1982. Cox was made aware...

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