Lewis v. Meredith Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• reiterating that punitive damages claim is a derivative claim that rises and falls with the underlying substantive claims
• “[Statements made during private, intra-corporate investigations conducted in good faith performance of a private duty are privileged and are not ‘published’ for purposes of a defamation claim.”
• “Under Georgia law, a plaintiff cannot recover punitive damages when the underlying tort claim fails.”
• “[Statements made during private, intra-corporate investigations conducted in good faith performance of a private duty are privileged and are not ‘published’ for purposes of a defamation claim.”
• “Under Georgia law, a plaintiff cannot recover punitive damages when the underlying tort claim fails.” (citing Benefit Support, Inc. v. Hall Cnty., 637 S.E.2d 763, 771 (Ga. App. 2006))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).