Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1985

Della-Donna v. Gore Newspapers Co.

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided January 30, 1985 · Per Curiam

463 So. 2d 414; 10 Fla. L. Weekly 288 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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Opinion

463 So.2d 414 (1985)

Alphonse DELLA-DONNA, Appellant,
v.
GORE NEWSPAPERS COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation Authorized to Do Business in the State of Florida; and Hamilton C. Forman, Appellees.

No. 83-2264.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 30, 1985.Rehearing and/or Clarification Denied March 4, 1985.

Frates, Bienstock & Sheebe, Miami; Jonathan W. Lubell and Mary K. O'Melveny of Cohn, Glickstein, Lurie, Ostrin, Lubell & Lubell, New York City, and Robert J. O'Toole, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Karen Coolman Amlong of Holmes & Amlong, Fort Lauderdale; and Scott DiSalvo of Fazio, Dawson & DiSalvo, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee, Forman.

PER CURIAM.

The summary judgment entered in this cause is reversed. Section 770.01, Florida Statutes (1983), does not apply to non-media defendants. Demolfetta v. American Sightseeing Tours, 450 So.2d 312 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Davies v. Bossert, 449 So.2d 418 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984); Bridges v. Williamson, 449 So.2d 400 (Fla. 2d DCA 1984). Accordingly, this cause is remanded for further proceedings.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

DOWNEY, HURLEY and BARKETT, JJ., concur.

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