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GETTNER v. FITZGERALD

No. A09A0155.

677 S.E.2d 149 (2009)

GETTNER v. FITZGERALD et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

April 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barrett & Farahany, Amanda Amy Farahany, Atlanta, for Appellant.

Alston & Bird, Paul James Kaplan, Epstein, Becker & Green, Kenneth Gary Menendez, Jeffery Randolph Saxby, Atlanta, for Appellees.

ELLINGTON, Judge.

Mark Gettner brought this defamation action in the Superior Court of Fulton County against VNU Business Media, Inc. in connection with a report in a VNU publication that Gettner had been demoted after poor performance. After a hearing, the trial court granted VNU's motion for summary judgment, and Gettner appeals. Because there is evidence sufficient to create a jury issue on each essential element of Gettner's defamation claim against VNU, as we...

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