Legal Opinion
Atlanta Humane Society v. Harkins
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 27, 2004No. S04G0613, S04G0684, S04G0685PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
The Atlanta Humane Society (AHS) provided animal control services for Fulton County and the City of Atlanta. During a television news investigation, Barbara Harkins, a former AHS employee, made several statements which the TV station broadcast and which were critical of AHS’s methods and procedures and of its executive director, Bill Garrett. Thereafter, Kathi Mills also criticized AHS and Garrett (Appellants) in a series of statements posted on an internet message board. Appellants brought these defamation actions in the Superior Court of Cobb County against Harkins and in…
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