Zambrano v. Devanesan

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the pertinent question is \whether the speaker accurately presented the underlying facts of the situation before making the allegedly defamatory remarks.\
• holding that an order granting new trial if plaintiff did not accept remittitur amount did not comply with Rule 1.530(f) because it failed to provide specific reasons for its decision to reduce the award of punitive damages by a specific amount
• stating that the relevant question is “whether the speaker accurately presented the underlying facts of the situation before making the allegedly defamatory remarks.”
• explaining that while statements of mixed opinion are actionable in defamation, statements of pure opinion are not because they are protected under the First Amendment
• affirming verdict of $700,000 in punitive damages for defamatory per se falsehood of physician by another staff physician
• rejecting a defendant’s argument that statements were “pure opinion” because “the statements on their face contain factual allegations”

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