ANSON v. PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 98-1977.

736 So.2d 1209 (1999)

Morgan Linden ANSON, Appellant, v. PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, a Florida corporation, Steven Kane and Nick Lawrence, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied August 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell L. Cormican, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

John R. Hargrove and W. Kent Brown of Heinrich Gordon Hargrove Weihe & James, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.


HAZOURI, J.

Morgan Linden Anson (Anson) appeals an amended order of dismissal with prejudice of his amended complaint for defamation against Paxson Communications Corporation (Paxson), Steven Kane (Kane) and Nick Lawrence (Lawrence). We reverse.

Anson's claim for defamation arises from a talk show program on June 23, 1997 broadcast over the air waves of WFTL 1400 AM in which Kane and Lawrence, as employees of Paxson, were the main participants. The trial court...

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