Thrasher v. Cox Enterprises, Inc.

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Corlis Thrasher (plaintiff) filed a defamation action against Cox Enterprises, Inc., Hyde Post and Rebecca Perl (defendants), alleging defendants published a newspaper article entitled, “ ‘A Close Look at a Hidden Danger . . . Often Symptom-Less Chlamydia Threatens the Sexually Active,” which falsely implies that plaintiff is scourged with the infectious disease chlamydia as a result of promiscuous conduct. Defendants admitted publication of the above article, but denied liability and moved for summary judgment.

The trial court correctly found that the article implies…