Pratt v. Whitcomb 436 So. 2d 222

Richard W. PRATT, Walter H. Wyar, Jr., James E. Boyette, Burdette R. Parent, Jr., Keith M. Silver, Jerry D. Marlar and Robert L. Wiedemann, d/b/a Valdes, McLain, Pratt & Co., a Florida partnership, Appellants, v. Harold WHITCOMB, an individual, and Harold Whitcomb and Robert Christopher, d/b/a Whitcomb & Christopher, a Florida partnership; Lauren Ritchie and Sentinel Star Company; and Lindsay Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the Sarasota Herald Tribune, and John Hamner, Appellees.

No. 82-2505.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 22, 1983.

Richard A. Gilbert of de la Parte & Gilbert, P.A., Tampa, for appellants.

William E. Partridge of Dickinson, O’Riorden, Gibbons, Quale, Shields & Carlton, P.A., Sarasota, for appellees, Whitcomb and Christopher.

Frank J. Holroyd, Jr., Sarasota, for appel-lees, Lindsay Newspapers, Inc. and John Hamner.

Steven Carta and David Evans of Smith, Carta, Ringsmuth & Kluttz, Fort Myers, for amicus curiae, News-Press Publishing Co., on behalf of appellees, Lauren Ritchie, Sentinel Star Company, Lindsay Newspapers, Inc., and John Hamner.