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MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY v. BRAUTIGAM

121 So.2d 431 (1960)

MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Appellant, v. Dorothy M. BRAUTIGAM, As Administratrix of the Estate of George A. Brautigam, Deceased, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 15, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Dyer, Miami, Elisha Hanson, Washington, D.C., Smathers, Thompson & Dyer, L.S. Bonsteel, Miami, Calvin H. Cobb, Jr., and Emmett E. Tucker, Jr., Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Paul A. Louis, Bertha L. Freidus, Miami, and Melvin M. Belli, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This cause involves a libel action by George Brautigam against the Miami Herald Publishing Company, as publishers of The Miami Herald newspaper. A jury verdict awarded Mr. Brautigam $25,000 compensatory damages and $75,000 punitive damages. Subsequent to the trial court's judgment Mr. Brautigam passed away and his wife was substituted as appellee.

The trial court's decision was appealed to the District Court of Appeal, Third District, which transferred...

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