Legal Opinion
Ridley v. Johns
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 17, 2001No. S01G0053PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
Jane Johns worked for the Heard County Department of Family and Children Services (“DFCS”) under the supervision of Jere R. Rid-ley. Based on what she alleged was 13 months of harassment, Johns filed suit against Ridley and DFCS for slander, libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and invasion of privacy. Johns’s husband, now deceased, sued the same defendants for loss of consortium and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The claims for slander and libel were subsequently dismissed by the Johnses. The trial court granted summary judgment to Ridley on the…
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