Austin v. PMG Acquisition, LLC

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Gordon Austin appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to PMG Acquisition, LLC d/b/a The Times-Georgian (the newspaper) and its news editor, Kathy Jeffcoats, on his claim for libel stemming from statements made in several articles printed by the newspaper. The trial court granted the motion for summary judgment on the ground that the statements were either substantially true, nonactionable opinion, or protected as privileged under OCGA § 51-5-7. We agree and affirm.

To prevail at summary judgment, the moving party must show “that there is no genuine issue…