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EDELSTEIN v. WFTV, INC.

No. 4D01-1192.

798 So.2d 797 (2001)

Russell EDELSTEIN, Appellant, v. WFTV, INC., a Delaware corporation, d/b/a The Palm Beach Post, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Shapiro of Shapiro Abrams Zedeck, Plantation, for appellant.

L. Martin Reeder, Jr., of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Jerold I. Budney of Greenberg, Traurig, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We write to explain our rationale for affirming the dismissal of the complaint.

Plaintiff's employment was terminated. Whether it was by unilateral action of his employer, as defendant argues, or by common agreement, as he argues, is not the important issue for purposes of the legal question presented. What is important is that the Palm Beach Post published a news item that he had been "fired," that plaintiff alleges that this statement is defamatory...

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