JACOVA v. SOUTHERN RADIO AND TELEVISION COMPANY


83 So.2d 34 (1955)

John JACOVA, Appellant, v. SOUTHERN RADIO AND TELEVISION COMPANY, a Florida corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida, Special Division A.

October 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommer, Frank & Weston, Ader & Young and Burton Young, Miami Beach, for appellant.

Bernstein & Hodsdon, Miami, for appellee.


ROBERTS, Justice.

The plaintiff has appealed from a summary judgment entered in favor of defendant in a suit for damages filed against it by plaintiff, based on the following incident: In a news telecast presented to the television audience by defendant, entitled "Renick Reporting," the defendant showed a "canned" film depicting a gambling raid on a restaurant in Miami Beach, followed by another raid on a hotel there. Accompanying the film was a narrative account...

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