Sparks v. Thurmond

Banke, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiff, Patricia Thurmond, filed separate suits against Betty Sparks and Frederick Brown, Jr., seeking to recover damages against them for slander and invasion of privacy. In each case, we granted an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

The factual setting of the litigation arises from a political controversy involving defendant Brown, as Mayor of Peachtree City, and Ben Parks, as Police Chief of Peachtree City. In an affidavit submitted in support of his motion for summary judgment, Brown averred that shortly after…