Summary
The Florida Third District Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's judgment in favor of Hal J. Webb and related appellees. The per curiam opinion relied on principles concerning ratification of settlements, fraud claims based on adversary statements, summary-judgment findings, defamation privileges and standards, evidentiary balancing, and punitive damages.
Holdings
- The circuit court judgment was affirmed.
Questions Presented
- Whether the circuit court's judgment should be affirmed in light of the settlement-ratification, fraud, defamation, evidentiary, and punitive-damages issues raised on appeal.
Disposition
affirmed
Cases Cited (11)
- Nagymihaly v. Zipes, 353 So. 2d 943, 944 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978)(followed or applied)
- Moriber v. Dreiling, 194 So. 3d 369, 373 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016)(followed or applied)
- Chevy Chase Sav. and Loan Inc. v. Berkowitz, 601 So. 2d 289, 291 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992)(followed or applied)
- Rigmaiden v. NBCUniversal Media, LLC, 307 So. 3d 918, 918 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020)(followed or applied)
- Woodard v. Sunbeam Television Corp., 616 So. 2d 501, 502 (Fla. 3d DCA 1993)(followed or applied)
- Ortega Trujillo v. Banco Cent. Del Ecuador, 17 F. Supp. 2d 1334, 1338 (S.D. Fla. 1998)(followed or applied)
- Vachet v. Cent. Newspapers, Inc., 816 F.2d 313, 316 (7th Cir. 1987)(followed or applied)
- Smith v. Taylor County Publ’g Co., Inc., 443 So. 2d 1042, 1044–45 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983)(followed or applied)
- Lipsig v. Ramlawi, 760 So. 2d 170, 184 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000)(followed or applied)
- Reid v. Est. of Sonder, 63 So. 3d 7, 10 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011)(followed or applied)
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