ORTEGA v. POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS

No. 86-1464.

510 So.2d 972 (1987)

Eduardo ORTEGA, Appellant, v. POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS, FLORIDA, INC., a Florida Corporation, D/B/a WPLG-TV, Channel 10, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Stuart Huff, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Steel Hector & Davis and Donald M. Middlebrooks, Miami, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.


JORGENSON, Judge.

Eduardo Ortega appeals from a final summary judgment entered in favor of Post-Newsweek Stations, d/b/a WPLG-TV [WPLG]. We affirm upon a holding that fair and accurate reports of statements made during official proceedings are conditionally privileged.

Ortega sued WPLG following two broadcasts which he claimed were defamatory. Clarence Jones, a reporter at WPLG, was initially tipped off to the story by a staff member of the House Subcommittee...

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