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CAPE PUBLICATIONS, INC. v. REAKES

No. 5D01-1693.

840 So.2d 277 (2003)

CAPE PUBLICATIONS, INC., etc., et al., Appellants, v. Kathy REAKES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack A. Kirschenbaum of Gray, Harris & Robinson, P.A., Melbourne and Robert C. Bernius of Nixon Peabody, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.

Douglas R. Beam of Douglas R. Beam, P.A., Melbourne, and James R. Dressler, Cocoa Beach, for Appellee.

PETERSON, J.

Melinda Meers and Cape Publications, Inc., d/b/a Florida Today appeal a $400,000 judgment for defamation following a jury trial. Phil Currie also appeals a $500 judgment for defamation and Florida To-day appeals a $10,000 judgment for conversion.

Employed as a reporter by Florida Today, a Florida newspaper, Kathy Reakes and another reporter, John McAleenan, were assigned the task of investigating Anita Gonzalez, who was under arrest for murder...

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