RICHARDSON v. KING

67299.

170 Ga. App. 169 (1984)

316 S.E.2d 582

RICHARDSON v. KING.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 8, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Michael Agnew, for appellant.

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, George P. Shingler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


CARLEY, Judge.

In this libel action, appellant-plaintiff appeals from the grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee-defendant.

Appellee was granted summary judgment on the basis that his alleged libel was a conditionally privileged communication. "`To make the defense of privilege complete, in an action of slander or libel, good faith, an interest to be upheld, a statement properly limited in its scope, a proper occasion, and publication to proper persons...

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