{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-5-9","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 51-5-9","heading":"Right of action for malicious use of privilege.","body":"In every case of privileged communications, if the privilege is used merely as a cloak for venting private malice and not bona fide in promotion of the object for which the privilege is granted, the party defamed shall have a right of action.","path":["TITLE 51 Torts","CHAPTER 5 Libel and Slander"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.51.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"dd493b8020dc430bde6ab8f0276b34b0a05dcdd108eaac1dca1f6c3be3ec6655","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-5-8","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-51-5-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}