Nelson v. Glynn-Brunswick Hospital Authority

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• applying Georgia law in granting defendant summary judgment on plaintiffs invasion of privacy claim premised on public disclosure of facts due to lack of “public” disclosure
• affirming the grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant hospital as to a libel claim since the hospital’s letter was protected by the good faith privilege and was written to protect the hospital’s corporate interests
• “In accordance with OCGA § 51-12-5.1, punitive damages can only be awarded as additional damages.”
• elements of claim for invasion of privacy: “ ‘(a) the disclosure of private facts must be a public disclosure; (b) the facts disclosed to the public must be private, secluded or secret facts and not public ones; and (c

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