· 3/16/1993
Woodard v. Sunbeam Television Corp.
Citations
- 616 So. 2d 501
- 82 Educ. L. Rep. 722
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding privilege applies to information the reporter received from Attorney General's Office and contained in a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
- finding that the fair report privilege covers information reporter received from Attorney General’s Office and contained in a report from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement
- “It is not necessary that [the publication or broadcast] be exact in every immaterial detail. . . .”
- privilege applies “even if the official documents contain erroneous information”
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Judges: Ferguson, Cope and Goderich
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