HEARD v. NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS, INC.

77371.

193 Ga. App. 719 (1989)

389 S.E.2d 267

HEARD v. NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS, INC. et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided November 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack F. Witcher, John E. Gilchrist, Stephen E. Garner, for appellant.

Long, Aldridge & Norman, Albert G. Norman, Jr., F. T. Davis, Jr., Barnes & Browning, Roy E. Barnes, Alston & Bird, Jay D. Bennett, for appellees.


POPE, Judge.

In Heard v. Neighbor Newspapers, 190 Ga.App. 756 (380 S.E.2d 279) (1989), we held that the publication of information from a welfare fraud investigator as to what transpired in court was statutorily privileged and that the plaintiff in this case had failed to create an issue of fact as to the malice of the defendant newspaper which would be necessary to defeat the statutory...

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