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COLEMAN v. COLLINS

No. 77-2542/NT4-81.

384 So.2d 229 (1980)

William T. COLEMAN, Jr., Paul Chell, Ronald A. Scott, Donald E. Ewing, Philip E. Sherman, Martha Maroska, Peter Maroska and Jane Thompson, Appellants, v. Palmer W. COLLINS, Pierce Wood, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied June 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Cheney, Melbourne, for appellants.

Robert T. Westman of Stromire, Westman & Lintz, Cocoa, for appellees.

BERANEK, JOHN R., Associate Judge.

Defendants, William Coleman, Paul Chell, Ronald Scott, Donald Ewing, Martha Maroska, Peter Maroska, and Jane Thompson, appeal from various separate final judgments awarding plaintiff/appellee, Palmer W. Collins, compensatory and punitive damages for defamation and malicious prosecution. Appellants contest, among other things, the sufficiency of the evidence to prove defamation, and the court's instruction to the jury regarding malicious...

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