District Court of Appeal of Florida

Summary judgment for defendants in a libel suit brought by an entrepreneur who established ESPN, finding that articles and editorials about which he complained were not false and were otherwise protected speech under the fair report privilege or as opinion, is affirmed where the trial court correctly concluded no genuine issue of material fact remained for trial and defendant-news publisher was entitled to judgment in its favor as a matter of law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2006
• Published 12/13/2006

Judges

• LaROSE, Judge.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joel S. Magolnick and Farah J. Martinez of De La O, Marko, Magolnick & Leyton, P.A., Miami, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Denis L. Durkin and Celina C. Candes of Baker & Hostetler LLP, Orlando;  Bruce W. Sanford and Mark I. Bailen of Baker & Hostetler LLP, Admitted ProHac Vice, Washington, DC, for Appellees.