JEWS FOR JESUS, INC., Petitioner,
v.
Edith RAPP, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Florida.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 23, 2008.
Rehearing Denied December 17, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mathew D. Staver and Anita L. Staver, Liberty Counsel, Maitland, FL, Erik W. Stanley, Mary E. McAlister, Rena M. Lindevaldsen, and David M. Corry, Liberty Counsel, Lynchburg, VA, for Petitioner.
Barry M. Silver, Boca Raton, FL, for Respondent.
Bruce S. Rogow and Cynthia E. Gunther of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, and on behalf of Joe Anderson, Jr.; and Gregg D. Thomas, James J. McGuire, 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), as Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court of Florida.
PARIENTE, J.
The issue in this case is whether the tort of false light invasion of privacy should be recognized in Florida. In Rapp v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.,944 So.2d 460 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006), the Fourth District Court of Appeal certified the following question to be of great public importance:
Does Florida recognize the tort of false light invasion of privacy, and if so, are the elements of the tort set forth in...
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