Legal Opinion
S & W SEAFOODS CO. v. Jacor Broadcasting
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 20, 1989No. A89A1173PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Banke, Presiding Judge.
This action arises out of comments broadcast by WGST Radio talk-show host Tom Houck on a restaurant review segment of his listener call-in show broadcast on November 6, 1987. A discussion of the restaurant owned by plaintiff S & W Seafoods Company commenced when a listener telephoned Houck to report, over the air, that he had received unsatisfactory service at the restaurant. Defendant Houck directed his program producer, Marcy Rubin, to telephone S & W and invite a representative to respond to the listener’s complaint over the air. Rubin spoke with the restaurant…
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