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SMITH v. CUBAN AMERICAN NAT. FOUNDATION

No. 96-2702.

731 So.2d 702 (1999)

Wayne SMITH, Appellant, v. CUBAN AMERICAN NATIONAL FOUNDATION, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfredo G. Duran, Miami; Jorden Burt Berenson & Johnson and Richard J. Ovelmen, Miami, for appellant.

G. Luis Dominguez, Miami; George J. Fowler, III, New Orleans, and Ian M. Rodriguez and Rice Fowler, Coral Gables, for appellee.

Before NESBITT, LEVY and SORONDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Wayne Smith appeals the lower court's final judgment and the denial of his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and motion for a new trial. For the reasons which follow, we reverse the final judgment and remand with directions to enter judgment for Smith.

The Cuban American National Foundation ("CANF") filed this suit for defamation against Smith, a professor at Johns Hopkins University, based on a statement Smith made during the course...

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