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HOWARD v. POPE

No. A06A0986.

637 S.E.2d 854 (2006)

HOWARD v. POPE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

October 31, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Quinn III, Decatur, for appellant.

Fears, Lawrence & Turner, Kenneth G. Lawrence, Douglas R. Ballard, Jackson, for appellee.

PHIPPS, Judge.

William H. Howard, a candidate for public office, brought a defamation action against Joseph E. Pope based on a political advertisement authored by Pope and published in a local newspaper in September 2004 and also based on comments made by Pope during a radio broadcast in October 2004. The trial court granted Pope summary judgment on all claims. Howard claims the trial court's ruling was erroneous. We agree and reverse.

At the time of the alleged...

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