The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment. The following order was passed:
Court of Appeals Case No. A23A0863
The Supreme Court today granted the writ of certiorari in this case as case No. S24G0335 .
This case will be assigned to the August 2024 oral argument calendar automatically under Supreme Court Rule 50 (1) (a). Oral argument is mandatory in granted certiorari cases.
This Court is particularly concerned with the following issue or issues:
To overcome a defense of conditional privilege under OCGA § 51-5-7 (7), must a plaintiff show that the defendant asserting the privilege acted with "actual malice" regardless of whether the defendant is a public figure?
Briefs should be submitted only on these points. See Supreme Court Rule 45.
All the Justices concur.