LOCKHEED CALIFORNIA CO. ET AL.

v.

BIRTELL

Citator

Cited By (13 total)

• Zorc v. Jordan, 765 So. 2d 768 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000)
  …ian, 652 So. 2d at 494. “A false statement of fact is absolutely necessary if there is to be recovery in a defamation action.” Friedgood v. Peters Publ’g Co., 521 So. 2d 236, 242 (Fla. 4th DCA), rev. denied, 531 So. 2d 1353 (Fla.1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1042, 109 S.Ct. 867, 102 L.Ed.2d 991 (1989). The allegedly defamatory words must be read in the context of the entire publication, and if the documents could not possibly have a defamatory effect, the complaint may be dismissed or a directed verdict gran…
• Edwards v. Wallace Cmty. Coll., 49 F.3d 1517 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …S.-, 113 S.Ct. 3038, 125 L.Ed.2d 724 (1993). See Hughes v. Halifax County Sch. Bd., 855 F. 2d 183 (4th Cir.1988) (co-workers were not acting with state authority when they taunted plaintiff and performed a mock hanging of plaintiff), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1042, 109 S.Ct. 867, 102 L.Ed.2d 991 (1989); Murphy v. Chicago Transit Authority, 638 F.Supp. 464 (N.D.Ill.1986) (staff attorneys who sexually harassed fellow staff attorney were not liable pursuant to § 1983). See also Dang Vang v. Vang Xiong X. Toyed…
• Floyd v. Laws, 929 F.2d 1390 (9th Cir. 1991)
  …accord with the Ninth Circuit. Karl v. Burlington N.R.R., 880 F. 2d 68, 72-73 (8th Cir.1989); Santiago-Negron v. Castro-Davila, 865 F. 2d 431, 444 (1st Cir.1989); Richard v. Firestone Tire & Rubber, 853 F. 2d 1258, 1260 (5th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 1042, 109 S.Ct. 868, 102 L.Ed.2d 992 (1989); Auwood v. Harry Brandt Booking Office, Inc., 850 F. 2d 884, 891 (2d Cir.1988); Stanton by Brooks v. Astra Pharmaceutical Products, 718 F. 2d 553, 575 (3d Cir.1983). However, the Fourth Circuit has held contra…