SIMMONS v. FUTRAL

No. A03A0918.

586 S.E.2d 732 (2003)

262 Ga. App. 838

SIMMONS v. FUTRAL.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal H. Howard & Associates, Neal H. Howard, Atlanta, William D. James, for appellant.

Edward N. Davis, Butler, for appellee.


BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

J.E. Simmons appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment to defendant Thomas W. Futral in this defamation and slander of title action, contending that the trial court erred in determining that the language contained in Futral's surveyor's lien is absolutely privileged under OCGA § 51-5-8. While the statements in the lien here are not absolutely privileged, we affirm this ruling because Simmons failed to establish the falsity...

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