AXELROD v. CALIFANO

No. EE-88.

357 So.2d 1048 (1978)

Robert AXELROD, Appellant, v. Paul CALIFANO, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence C. Rolfe of Rolfe & Stirling, Jacksonville, for appellant.

John Paul Howard, Jacksonville, for appellee.


MELVIN, Judge.

Appellant Axelrod takes this appeal for review of a final summary judgment in favor of appellee Califano. We reverse.

Axelrod filed his complaint in defamation alleging that Califano had slandered him by making statements to third persons that Axelrod had, among other things, stolen large sums of money from the Y.M.C.A. and forged certain checks. Califano answered, raising as affirmative defenses the truth of the statements made, his lack of...

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