LAWTON v. GEORGIA TELEVISION COMPANY

No. A94A2573.

456 S.E.2d 274 (1995)

216 Ga. App. 768

LAWTON v. GEORGIA TELEVISION COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freeman & Hawkins, Robert U. Wright, Christine L. Mast, Atlanta, Crawford, Hinesley & Jennings, William F. Hinesley III, Savannah, for appellant.

Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Peter C. Canfield, Jeffrey C. Levy, Thomas M. Clyde, Atlanta, for appellees.


ANDREWS, Judge.

This case arose from Georgia Television Company's (d/b/a WSB-TV) broadcast of a news series called "Dirty Little Secrets." That series centered around allegations that National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Julius Lawton, the Recruiting and Retention officer, sexually harassed female personnel.

The focus of the series, which was prepared and presented by Richard Belcher, a reporter and anchor for WSB, was the findings of an official National Guard...

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