SUMNER v. FIRST UNION NAT.

A91A0289.

200 Ga. App. 729 (1991)

409 S.E.2d 212

SUMNER v. FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Pelypenko, for appellant.

Benjamin C. Sumner, pro se.

Kennedy, Lewis, Smart & Brannon, Charles W. Brannon, Jr., Hunter, MacLean, Exley & Dunn, Roland B. Williams, for appellee.


BEASLEY, Judge.

Appellant Benjamin Carmichael Sumner sued the appellee bank and certain of its officers and employees to recover damages for defamation and emotional distress. The complaint alleged that the bank had knowingly caused a false financial report that Sumner's checking account had been involuntarily closed to be published by Cheque Inquiries, Inc., an out-of-state credit reporting agency also named as a defendant, for the purpose of injuring his personal...

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