Legal Opinion
Torrance v. Morris Publishing Group, LLC
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 15, 2006No. A06A1362, A06A1363PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MlKELL, Judge.
In these related appeals involving an action for libel, defamation, and invasion of privacy, we affirm the grant of summary judgment to all defendants and the order denying plaintiff s motion to remand the case to Toombs County. The relevant facts follow.
The underlying action arose out of the publication of a series of articles entitled “Justice Betrayed” by the Savannah Morning News in 2003. The articles questioned circumstances surrounding the 1997 death of Henry Dickerson, Jr., a 28-year-old African-American, in Vidalia, and the ensuing investigation by the police and the…
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