Publication Date: 2018-11-29
Practice Area: Public Utilities | Whistleblower Laws
Industry:
Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Langdale, Kathryn Parrish Bennett, (Langdale & Vallotton LLP), Valdostsa, for appellant.
for defendant: Thomas Lehman, (Thomas L. Lehman), Cairo, Robert Middleton, (Hall, Booth, Smith P.C.), Cairo, Gabriel Ridley, Albany, The Ridley Law Firm, LLC), Cairo, Kathryn Dunnam, (Hall, Booth, Smith, P.C.), Albany, for appellee.
David E. Hudson, Augusta, David Hudson, (Hull Barrett, PC), Augusta, for amicus curiae.
Case Number: A18A0843
No slander for opinion statements published about public figures, and no injunction available to preclude dissemination of non-harmful information.