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TIME, INC. v. FIRESTONE

No. 70-802.

254 So.2d 386 (1971)

TIME, INC., Appellant, v. Mary Alice FIRESTONE, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied December 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold R. Medina, Jr., of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, and William S. Frates and Larry S. Stewart, of Frates, Floyd, Pearson & Stewart, Miami, for appellant.

Robert M. Montgomery, Jr., of Howell, Kirby, Montgomery, D'Aiuto, Dean & Hallowes, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

WALDEN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Mary Alice Firestone, is the ex-wife of the heir to the Firestone rubber fortune. The instant libel action stems from a short article published in Time magazine concerning plaintiff's divorce. The article said plaintiff had been divorced by her husband on grounds of extreme cruelty and adultery.

Plaintiff sued for libel, objecting to the word adultery, because she had received alimony and under Florida Law, F.S. 1967, Section 61.09...

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