SAARI v. GILLETT COMMUNICATIONS OF ATLANTA, INC.

A90A0443.

195 Ga. App. 451 (1990)

393 S.E.2d 736

SAARI v. GILLETT COMMUNICATIONS OF ATLANTA, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rolader & Rolader, D. W. Rolader, for appellant.

Alston & Bird, Judson Graves, Bryan A. Vroon, for appellee.


BANKE, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, acting as administrator of the estate of Bradley Gerard Saari, sued the appellee for defamation, alleging that after the decedent had been found burned to death in his automobile the appellee broadcast a news report falsely describing his death as being "drug-related." This appeal is from the grant of the appellee broadcaster's motion for judgment on the pleadings. Held:

There is no common law right of action for...

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