MILLER v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC.

No. 75-1821-Civ-NCR.

460 F.Supp. 984 (1978)

Gene MILLER, Plaintiff, v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC., American Broadcasting Companies and Post-Newsweek Stations Florida, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida, Ft. Lauderdale Division.

October 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin J. Block, Fine Jacobson Block Goldberg & Semet, P.A., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff.

Barry R. Davidson, Steel Hector & Davis, Miami, Fla., for defendants.


ORDER

ROETTGER, District Judge.

Plaintiff recovered for copyright infringement a verdict in excess of $200,000 against defendants and the matter is before the court on defendants' motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff is a reporter with the Miami Herald who has twice received a Pulitzer prize for general local reporting, an accomplishment achieved by no other reporter. The origins of this case spring from his reporting the story of the Barbara Mackle...

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