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MOLL v. BLAIR

No. 1D07-4153.

985 So.2d 1132 (2008)

John MOLL and Katherine Moll, Appellants, v. Mark BLAIR and Pauline Blair and Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Stanley Chapman and Judson H. Orrick of Equels Law Firm, Tallahassee, for Appellants.

John A. Bussian of The Bussian Law Firm, PLLC, and Harry E. Barr of Chesser & Barr, P.A., Shalimar, for Appellees.

Gregg D. Thomas and James J. McGuire of Thomas & LoCicero PL, Tampa, and Mark J. Prak and Charles E. Coble of Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, Raleigh for Amici Curiae Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and The Florida Press Association.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants, John and Katherine Moll, seek review of a Final Summary Judgment entered in favor of Appellee, Florida Freedom Newspapers, Inc., that dismissed Appellants' claims for false light invasion of privacy and defamation. Because Appellants' false light claim overlaps defamation, it must be treated the same way. See Gannett Co. v. Anderson, 947 So.2d 1, 8 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006) ("To the extent that false light...

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