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· 5/25/1983

GULF PUB. CO., INC. v. Lee

Citations

  • 434 So. 2d 687
  • 9 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1865

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a party “acts with actual malice when he prints a story with knowledge that it is false or with reckless disregard for the truth.”
  • evidence that defendant took every reasonable step to correct any error in article, including issuing retraction, supports finding of no actual malice

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Judges: Broom, P.J., and Bowling and Hawkins

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