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NODAR v. GALBREATH

No. 63724.

462 So.2d 803 (1984)

Joseph J. NODAR, Petitioner, v. Patricia GALBREATH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Cary Jacobson, Scott Richard Gill and Michael Eliot Rehr of Jacobson & Gottlieb, Hollywood, for petitioner.

Ronald P. Gossett of Hodges, Gossett, McDonald, Gossett & Crawford, Hollywood, for respondent.

Talbot D'Alemberte, L. Martin Reeder, Jr. and Thomas R. Julin of Steel, Hector & Davis, and Richard J. Ovelmen, Gen. Counsel, Miami, amicus curiae, for The Miami Herald Pub. Co.

George Rahdert of Rahdert, Anderson & Richardson, St. Petersburg, amicus curiae, for Times Pub. Co.

BOYD, Chief Justice.

This cause is before the Court on petition for review of the decision of the district court of appeal in Nodar v. Galbreath, 429 So.2d 715 (Fla. 4th DCA 1983). The district court affirmed a judgment for compensatory and punitive damages for the tort of defamation. The district court's decision conflicts with past decisions of this Court. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We hold...

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