ADAMS v. WFTV, INC.

No. 96-126.

691 So.2d 557 (1997)

Timothy C. ADAMS and Geoffrey Cox, etc., Appellants, v. WFTV, INC., d/b/a WFTV-Channel 9, etc., et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

April 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur I. Jacobs of Jacobs & Associates, Fernandina Beach, for Appellants.

David L. Evans of Mateer & Harbert, P.A., Orlando, and Jonathan D. Hart of Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants are 637 commercial net fishermen who appeal the trial court's dismissal of their amended complaint with prejudice. The complaint alleged that the appellees, three television stations, knowingly broadcasted false paid political advertisements that led to the passage of Amendment 3 to the Florida Constitution. They allege that the advertisements were staged to characterize net fishermen as insensitive to fish resources and endangered species....

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