LAMPKIN-ASAM v. MIAMI DAILY NEWS, INC.

No. 80-2053.

408 So.2d 666 (1981)

Julia McCain LAMPKIN-ASAM, Appellant, v. MIAMI DAILY NEWS, INC., a Florida Corporation, D/B/a the Miami News, and Timothy Johnson, As Personal Representative of the Late Terry Johnson King, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel V. Lumer, Miami, for appellant.

Joseph P. Averill, Miami, for appellees.

Before BARKDULL, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.


DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

Julia McCain Lampkin-Asam, the plaintiff below, wrote a book describing the events which, in Asam's view, had precluded her from receiving research grants for almost a decade and developing a cure for cancer. A major theme of the book, entitled "Malignant Intrigue," was that Asam's professional competence as a cancer scientist had been disparaged and her mental stability questioned by people in the "cancer establishment." Asam's book identified...

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