IN RE STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS

No. 74904.

575 So.2d 194 (1991)

In re STANDARD JURY INSTRUCTIONS (CIVIL CASES 89-1).

Supreme Court of Florida.

January 18, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Partington, Chair, of Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond, Stackhouse & Stone, Pensacola, for petitioner, Committee of Standard Jury Instructions (Civil).

Talbot D'Alemberte, Donald M. Middlebrooks, Thomas R. Julin, Adalberto Jordan, Jennifer Prior Devin of Steel, Hector & Davis, Samuel A. Terilli, Jr. and Jerold I. Budney, of The Miami Herald Pub. Co., Miami, Patricia F. Anderson of Rahdert & Anderson, St. Petersburg, and George Freeman and Deborah R. Linfield of The New York Times Co., New York City, for respondents, The Miami Herald Pub. Co., Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., Review Publications, Inc., Times Pub. Co., The News-Sun/Avon Park, The News-Leader (Fernandina Beach), The Gainesville Sun, The Lake City Reporter, The Ledger (Lakeland), The Daily Commercial (Leesburg), The Marco Island Eagle, The Ocala Star-Banner, The Palatka Daily News, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, and The News-Sun (Sebring).


PER CURIAM.

The Supreme Court Committee on Standard Jury Instructions (Civil) recommends a comprehensive revision of Part MI 4 Defamation. According to the Committee, the revision "is necessary to bring the charges into conformity with existing law." We approve for publication the Committee's proposed comprehensive revision of Part MI 4 Defamation which follows this opinion.

Members of the media responded to the Committee's Supplemental Report No. 89-1, raising...

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