Southern Co. v. Hamburg

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

This defamation action arose after The Southern Company (“Southern”) issued two press releases regarding the suspension and discharge of Jeffrey R. Hamburg as President and Chief Executive Officer of a Southern subsidiary known as Southern Electrical International, Inc. (“SEI”). Southern, SEI and Paul DeNicola, Southern’s executive vice president and member of SEI’s board of directors (defendants), filed this appeal, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence with regard to awards on Hamburg’s claims for defamation, breach of his employment contract, and attorney…