TOWN OF SEWALL'S POINT v. RHODES

No. 4D02-2184.

852 So.2d 949 (2003)

The TOWN OF SEWALL'S POINT, a Florida municipal corporation, Joan Barrow and Donald Winer, Appellants, v. Blaine RHODES and Sally Rhodes, husband and wife, and Jann Levin, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Piper and Christine M. Duignan of Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke & George, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Virginia P. Sherlock and Howard K. Heims of Littman, Sherlock & Heims, P.A., Stuart, for appellees.


TAYLOR, J.

Blaine and Sally Rhodes obtained a jury verdict of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) against the Town of Sewall's Point ("Town") and the Town's clerk and mayor on their claims of defamation and invasion of privacy. Their suit arose from publication of a photograph of the Rhodes's property, which was taken by a neighbor and delivered to the town officials. We reverse the final judgment and remand for entry of judgment in favor of the Town and town officials...

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