ANDERSON v. GANNETT CO., INC.

No. SC06-2174.

994 So.2d 1048 (2008)

Joe ANDERSON, Jr., Petitioner, v. GANNETT COMPANY, INC., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 23, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Rogow of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, Beverly Pohl of Broad and Cassel, Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Willie E. Gary, Phyllis Gillespie, and Tricia Purks Hoffler of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson, and Sperando, Stuart, FL, for Petitioner.

Robert C. Bernius of Nixon Peabody, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., Dennis K. Larry and Donald H. Partington of Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond and Stackhouse, Pensacola, FL, for Respondent.

Gregg D. Thomas, James J. McGuire, James B. Lake, and Rachel E. Fugate of Thomas and Locicero, P.L., Tampa, FL, on behalf of Media General Operations, Inc., The New York Times Company, Orlando Sentinel Communications Company, Sun-Sentinel Company, the Florida Press Association, ABC, Inc., ESPN, Inc., the E.W. Scripps Company, the Association of American Publishers, and Cox Enterprises, Inc. (collectively the Florida Media Organizations); and Jonathan D. Kaney, Jr., and Jonathan D. Kaney, III of Cobb and Cole, Daytona Beach, FL, and Jon Mills and Timothy McLendon, Gainesville, FL, on behalf of First Amendment Foundation, as Amici Curiae.


PARIENTE, J.

This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Gannett Co. v. Anderson, 947 So.2d 1 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006). In its decision, the district court ruled upon the following question, which the court certified to be of great public importance:

Is an action for invasion of privacy based on the false light theory governed by the two-year statute of limitations...

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