Georgia Gazette Publishing Co. v. Ramsey

Weltner, Justice.

A practicing dentist in the City of Savannah filed suit against a newspaper, alleging a violation of his right of privacy by the publication of articles to the effect that the dentist was a suspect in a *529murder case, and that certain affidavits reflected adversely upon his private and professional conduct.

Thereafter, the dentist obtained a protective order from the superior court, which prohibits the newspaper from disclosing any information obtained through discovery without following a procedure of notification of intent to disclose and obtaining permission of the court, in…