SUMTER REGIONAL HOSP. v. SUMTER FREE PRESS

No. A00A2055.

546 S.E.2d 831 (2001)

248 Ga. App. 780

SUMTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC. et al. v. SUMTER FREE PRESS, INC. et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alston & Bird, W. Terence Walsh, Angela T. Burnette, Atlanta, Michael A. Fennessy, Americus, for appellants.

Harber & Barnes, John V. Harper, Americus, James F. Myers III, Columbus, for appellees.


BLACKBURN, Chief Judge.

On interlocutory grant, Sumter Regional Hospital, Inc. and Jerry Adams, its Chief Executive Officer, appeal the trial court's denial of their motion for summary judgment against Sumter Free Press, contending that statements made by Adams to four Americus businesses could not, as a matter of law, constitute tortious interference with Sumter Free Press' business relations. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the trial court.

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