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· 1/6/2016

Copia Blake and Peter Birzon v. Ann-Marie Giustibelli, P.A. and Ann-Marie Giustibelli

Citations

  • 182 So. 3d 881
  • 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 244
  • 2016 WL 75000

How courts have described this case

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  • indicating that libel per se, including the presumption of damages, “still exists in Florida” after Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323 (1974), in cases not involving media defendants
  • “Thus after Gertz, in libel cases involving media defendants, fault and proof of damages must always be established.”
  • “[A]fter Gertz, in libel cases involving media defendants, fault and proof of damages must always be established. . . . Libel per se otherwise still exists in Florida.’”’

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Judges: Ciklin, Forst

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