HOLTER v. WLCY T.V., INC.

No. 76-1490.

366 So.2d 445 (1978)

Charles E. HOLTER, Appellant, v. WLCY T.V., INC., a Florida Corporation, Mike Halloran, an Individual, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, a California Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied January 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip W. Dann of Baird, Robinson & Dann, St. Petersburg, for appellant.

Chester L. Skipper of Lyle, Skipper, Wood & Anderson, St. Petersburg, for appellees.


OTT, Judge.

The plaintiff brought a libel action. The lower court denied defendants' motion for summary judgment. In due course the case came on for trial by jury. At the close of the plaintiff's case the lower court entered a directed verdict for defendants. We reverse on the ground that the question of actual malice was one for the jury.

In considering the correctness of an order granting a motion for directed verdict the losing party is entitled to every...

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