AKERS v. PALM BEACH NEWSPAPERS, INC.

No. 78-2743.

386 So.2d 282 (1980)

Wayne AKERS and His Wife, Kathryn J. Akers, Appellants, v. PALM BEACH NEWSPAPERS, INC., Bill Hetland, Peter Cooke, Ken Walker, Raymond Mariotti, R.H. Kirkpatrick, Thomas Kelly, Carl Bretz and Anthony Ucellini, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Farish, Jr. and Bob Romani of Farish, Farish & Romani, West Palm Beach, for appellants.

Richard W. Glenn of Albury, Webb, Park & Glenn, West Palm Beach, for appellees.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs in a libel action appeal from an order granting the defendants' motion for new trial. Appellants contend that the order fails to sufficiently delineate the lower court's reasons for granting a new trial and, further, that the reasons which are stated in the order are not supported by the record. We affirm.

In the order granting the new trial, the court lists three grounds for its decision. Admittedly, the first ground listed is a...

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