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HOWARD v. SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, INC.

S89A0433.

259 Ga. 795 (1990)

387 S.E.2d 332

HOWARD v. SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, INC. et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied February 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hull, Towill, Norman & Barrett, David E. Hudson, James B. Ellington, for appellant.

Ranitz, Mahoney, Forbes & Coolidge, Morton G. Forbes, Catherine M. Bowman, Middleton & Anderson, Susan E. Shelley, Neely & Player, Taylor Tapley Daly, Leigh M. Wilco, for appellees.

Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Terrence B. Adamson, Peter C. Canfield, Carolyn Y. Forrest, amicus curiae.

WELTNER, Justice.

A newspaper reporter refused to answer certain questions propounded to her during a deposition taken in the course of civil litigation. Her refusal was based upon her assertion of a purported "qualified reporter's privilege."

The trial court held: "Georgia has no statutory qualified reporter's privilege. . . . [She] has no qualified reporter's privilege under the law of this state."

This holding...

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