Cassells v. Bradlee Management Services, Inc.

Quillian, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to dismiss an action for defamation arising from a television broadcast.

Plaintiff-appellee Bradlee Management Services, Inc. (Brad-lee), whose principal resides in Cherokee County, operates a nursing home in Buford, Gwinnett County. Defendant-appellant Cassells is a reporter, the employee of and Washington, D. C. news bureau chief for, Cox Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Georgia corporation which operates television station WSB-TV in Atlanta. Cassells is a resident of Virginia.

Bradlee commenced this action against Cassells…