Browns Mill Development Co., Inc. v. Denton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Eldridge, Judge.
Browns Mill Development Company, Inc. and Peach State Development Group, Inc. sued William Douglas Denton, individually and d/b/a DeKalb Citizens for a Better Environment, for trespass and for defamation in written opposition to its rezoning petition. The trial court dismissed the entire action for failure to verify the complaint under OCGA § 9-11-11.1, the anti-SLAPP (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation) statute. Since (a) the defamation action arose under OCGA § 9-11-11.1, we affirm the dismissal of the defamation action; and (b) the trespass is a common law…
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