SARDINAS v. M.C.A., INC.

No. 85-1825.

484 So.2d 639 (1986)

Jesus J. SARDINAS, Individually and As Parent and Guardian of Yunior B. Sardinas, Appellants, v. M.C.A., INC., a Foreign Corporation, Universal City Studios, Inc., a Foreign Corporation, and Metro Video Dist., Inc., a Florida Corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

March 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack G. Bernstein, Miami, for appellants.

Stewart, Tilghman, Fox & Bianchi, and James Tilghman, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and HENDRY and BASKIN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Agreeing with the trial court that the use of appellants' images in the prologue to the movie Scarface could not possibly have a defamatory meaning, see Byrd v. Hustler Magazine, Inc., 433 So.2d 593, 595 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983), review denied, 443 So.2d 979 (Fla. 1984); Wolfson v. Kirk, 273 So.2d 774, 778 (Fla. 4th DCA), cert. denied,

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