KARP v. MIAMI HERALD PUB. CO.

No. 77-1556.

359 So.2d 580 (1978)

Hersh KARP et al., Appellants, v. The MIAMI HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Etc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

June 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Retter & Sack, Miami, for appellants.

Paul & Thomson and Sanford L. Bohrer, Miami, for appellees.

Before PEARSON, HENDRY and HUBBART, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants, Hersh Karp and Ogenia Karp, brought an action against the appellee, The Miami Herald Publishing Company, for damages in libel. After extensive discovery, the trial judge entered a summary final judgment for the defendant newspaper publisher. The trial judge noted that summary judgment is especially appropriate in libel cases where the facts are not essentially in dispute because of the chilling effect of libel suits upon First Amendment...

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