Della-Donna v. Gore Newspapers Co.

Full title: ALPHONSE DELLA-DONNA, APPELLANT, v. GORE NEWSPAPERS COMPANY, A DELAWARE…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Mar 4, 1985

463 So. 2d 414 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1985)

Opinion

No. 83-2264.

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

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Broward County, J. Cail Lee, J.

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.