Legal Opinion
Diamond v. American Family Corp.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 18, 1988No. 75091, 75092PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Pope, Judge.
Plaintiff Diamond, a real estate broker, claims he was defamed by a television news broadcast by WTOC-TV, a Savannah television station. The facts show Diamond was instrumental in arranging a real estate transaction in which Hardee’s restaurant purchased a tract of land on which to build a restaurant on Wilmington Island. Upon purchasing the land, Hardee’s contracted to have it cleared in preparation for construction. In the process of clearing the tract the contractor also mistakenly removed from adjoining county property a stand of trees and other foliage which served as a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Montgomery v. Pacific & Southern Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Triangle Publications, Inc. v. ChumleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Smith v. Vencare, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
- Schafer v. Time, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- Franklin v. Pitts.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
- In Re SerpentfootCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
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