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Kurtell Company v. Miami Tribune

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 10, 1967
193 So. 2d 471 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967)

Opinion

No. 66-304.

January 10, 1967.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Ralph O. Cullen, J.

Milton E. Grusmark, Miami Beach, for appellants.

Scott, McCarthy, Preston Steel and Dwight Sullivan, Miami, for appellee.

Before PEARSON and CARROLL, JJ., and LOPEZ, AQUILINO, Jr., Associate Judge.


The appellants, who were the plaintiffs in the trial court, appeal a final judgment dismissing their complaint claiming actionable libel by the appellee. Attached to the complaint is a copy of the article claimed to be libelous. The trial judge determined from an examination of the article that the conclusion of law contained in appellants' complaint that the article contained defamatory statements and inferences was not supported by the exhibit. The fact that plaintiffs may not like the way the article was written or what it says about them does not automatically provide the basis for a libel suit. See Mann v. Roosevelt Shop, Inc., Fla. 1949, 41 So.2d 894.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Kurtell Company v. Miami Tribune

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jan 10, 1967
193 So. 2d 471 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967)
Case details for

Kurtell Company v. Miami Tribune

Case Details

Full title:KURTELL COMPANY, INC., A FLORIDA CORPORATION, AND KURT L. WALLACH…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Jan 10, 1967

Citations

193 So. 2d 471 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1967)

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