DON KING PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. WALT DISNEY

No. 4D08-3704.

40 So.3d 40 (2010)

DON KING PRODUCTIONS, INC., and Don King, Appellants, v. The WALT DISNEY COMPANY, ABC Cable Networks Group, ESPN, Inc., Advocate Communications, Inc. (d/b/a Advanced Cable Communications), ESPN Productions, Inc., and ESPN Classic, Inc., jointly and severally, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce S. Rogow and Cynthia E. Gunther of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Willie E. Gary and Tricia Hoffler of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando, P.L., Stuart, for appellants.

Edward Soto, Christopher R.J. Pace and of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Miami, and James W. Quinn, R. Bruce Rich, David J. Lender, and Yehudah L. Buchweitz, of Weil, Gotshal, Manges LLP, New York, for appellees.


DAMOORGIAN, J.

Don King Productions, Inc. and Don King (collectively "Don King" or "King") appeal a final summary judgment entered in favor of ESPN, Inc., ESPN Productions, Inc. and ESPN Classic, Inc. We affirm the summary judgment on King's defamation and false light claims because the trial court correctly determined that Don King failed to present record evidence that a genuine issue of material fact exists which would allow a jury to find, by clear and convincing...

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