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NEWS-JOURNAL CORP. v. CARSON

No. 99-1459.

741 So.2d 572 (1999)

NEWS-JOURNAL CORPORATION, et al., Petitioners, v. Kit CARSON, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied October 15, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Kaney, III and Jonathan D. Kaney, Jr., of Cobb, Cole & Bell, Daytona Beach, for Petitioners.

Kevin Kitpatrick Carson of Kevin "Kit" Carson, P.A., Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

W. SHARP, J.

The issue in this case is whether Florida's qualified journalist's privilege statute, section 90.5015(2), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1998), bars discovery and production of two documents given to the News-Journal by Carson, during his interview by the News-Journal's reporters and employees when he was running for the office of county judge. Carson is suing the News-Journal and its officers and employees for libel.

The trial judge held that the statutory...

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