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Sardinas v. M.C.A., Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Mar 11, 1986
484 So. 2d 639 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)

Opinion

No. 85-1825.

March 11, 1986.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County; Mary Ann MacKenzie, Judge.

Jack G. Bernstein, Miami, for appellants.

Stewart, Tilghman, Fox Bianchi, and James Tilghman, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and BASKIN, JJ.


Agreeing with the trial court that the use of appellants' images in the prologue to the movie Scarface could not possibly have a defamatory meaning, see Byrd v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 433 So.2d 593, 595 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), review denied, 443 So.2d 979 (Fla. 1984); Wolfson v. Kirk, 273 So.2d 774, 778 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied, 279 So.2d 32 (Fla. 1973); Kurtell Co. v. Miami Tribune, Inc., 193 So.2d 471 (Fla. 3d DCA 1967), or constitute an invasion of privacy, see Jacova v. Southern Radio Television Co., 83 So.2d 34, 40 (Fla. 1955); Boyles v. Mid-Florida Television Corp., 431 So.2d 627, 637 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983), aff'd, 467 So.2d 282 (Fla. 1985); Stafford v. Hayes, 327 So.2d 871 (Fla. 1st DCA), cert. denied, 336 So.2d 604 (Fla. 1976), we affirm the lower court's dismissal with prejudice of the complaint.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Sardinas v. M.C.A., Inc.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Mar 11, 1986
484 So. 2d 639 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)
Case details for

Sardinas v. M.C.A., Inc.

Case Details

Full title:JESUS J. SARDINAS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PARENT AND GUARDIAN OF YUNIOR B…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Mar 11, 1986

Citations

484 So. 2d 639 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1986)