Legal Opinion
MacOn Telegraph Publishing Co. v. Tatum
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 15, 1993No. A92A1702, A92A1703PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cooper, Judge.
Macon Telegraph Publishing Company (“appellant”), publisher of a daily newspaper in Macon, appeals from a jury verdict against it on two counts of invasion of privacy.
Nancy Tomlinson Tatum (“appellee”) shot and killed a male intruder in her bedroom around 4:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning. At the time the intruder was shot, he was walking toward her bed, with a knife in his hand, his pants unzipped and his penis exposed. The police cleared the case as a justifiable homicide. Appellant’s reporters received the name and address of appellee from the police, and although publication…
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