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ATKINS v. NEWS PUB. CO.

Nos. A07A1979, A07A2030.

658 S.E.2d 848 (2008)

ATKINS v. NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. et al. Womble v. Atkins.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Archer & Lovell, David G. Archer, Cartersville, for Atkins.

Brinson, Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson & Davis, Robert L. Berry Jr., Rome, Bandy & Stagg, Lawrence A. Stagg, Ringgold, Minor, Bell & Neal, Dennis D. Watson, Robert D. Jenkins Jr., Dalton, Larry B. Hill, for News Publishing Company, Inc.

Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, Michael J. Rust, Debra K. Haan, Atlanta, Chanda R. DeWindt, for Womble.

ELLINGTON, Judge.

Truman Atkins appeals from the order of the Superior Court of Walker County granting summary judgment in this libel action to News Publishing Company, Inc. d/b/a Walker County Messenger, publisher Don Stillwell, writer Catherine Edgemon, cartoonist Debbie Tindell, and editorialist Ralph Keith1 ("the newspaper defendants"). Pursuant to a granted interlocutory appeal, Nathaniel Womble appeals from the same order, which...

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