Bakhtiarnejad v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Phipps, Judge.

Shahriyar Bakhtiamejad appeals an order of the trial court dismissing his claims for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress against Cox Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and staff writer Michael Weiss (hereinafter collectively “Cox”). The court dismissed the case after consideration of Cox’s motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which *206relief could be granted.1 We find that the motion to dismiss was converted into a motion for summary judgment, and we reverse because we find that neither summary judgment nor dismissal was…