Legal Opinion
Retail Credit Co. v. Russell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 1, 1975No. 29854PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This is a libel case in which a jury verdict in Fulton County Superior Court awarded plaintiff Russell damages of $15,000 against Retail Credit Company (hereinafter "Retail Credit”), a commercial investigative and reporting company which sells to its subscribers reports on individuals based on its investigations into those individuals’ credit, personal, and employment backgrounds. Among the information reported by Retail Credit about Russell was the alleged libel, namely, that he was "dismissed for dishonesty and would not be eligible for rehire” and that he "admitted to taking…
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