MACON TELEGRAPH v. TATUM

A92A1702, A92A1703.

208 Ga. App. 111 (1993)

430 S.E.2d 18

MACON TELEGRAPH PUBLISHING COMPANY v. TATUM; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 24, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anderson, Walker & Reichert, Walter H. Bush, Jr., Susan S. Cole, for appellant.

Adams & Hemingway, William P. Adams, Albert Pearson III, for appellee.

Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, David E. Hudson, Edward J. Tarver, amici curiae.


COOPER, Judge.

Macon Telegraph Publishing Company ("appellant"), publisher of a daily newspaper in Macon, appeals from a jury verdict against it on two counts of invasion of privacy.

Nancy Tomlinson Tatum ("appellee") shot and killed a male intruder in her bedroom around 4:00 a. m. on a Saturday morning. At the time the intruder was shot, he was walking toward her bed, with a knife in his hand, his pants unzipped and his penis exposed. The police cleared the...

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