JONES v. TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

A89A1520.

193 Ga. App. 768 (1989)

389 S.E.2d 9

JONES v. TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 1, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn F. Jones, pro se.

Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, John J. Dalton, Anne G. McGlamry, for appellee.


BEASLEY, Judge.

Jones appeals the grant of Turner Broadcasting's motion for summary judgment. Jones had brought a complaint alleging that Turner Broadcasting had misappropriated her idea for a television show entitled "Good News." Turner's answer denied the material allegations of the complaint and set forth several defenses, among which was that plaintiff's purported concept and format for a television show lacked novelty, an element prescribed in Wilson v. Barton...

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