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McBETH v. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

No. 74-2359. Summary Calendar.

505 F.2d 959 (1974)

Royce and Mamie McBETH, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 30, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald V. Organ, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert E. Winn, J. David Forsyth, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Jannas Geneva McBeth died on November 29, 1972 when she attempted to avoid the fire that had engulfed the Rault Center in New Orleans, Louisiana by jumping from the fifteenth floor of the building. United Press International (UPI) published a story on the fire that mentioned Jannas' death. The article described Jannas as seven months pregnant, when in fact she was neither married nor pregnant at the time. Royce...

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