BROWN v. TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT, INC.

No. AN-360.

440 So.2d 588 (1983)

George Thomas BROWN, Appellant, v. TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon D. Caminez and Paul D. Srygley, Tallahassee, for appellant.

C. Gary Williams and Michael J. Glazer, of Ausley, McMullen, McGehee, Carothers & Proctor, Tallahassee, for appellee.


ROBERT P. SMITH, Jr., Judge.

Plaintiff Brown appeals from a circuit court judgment granting the defendant newspaper's motion to dismiss Brown's complaint asserting a cause of action for defamation. Considering the subject newspaper publication as a whole, including the text as well as the head-shot photograph of plaintiff Brown that accompanied it, the circuit court held as a matter of law that the publication "cannot provide...

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