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OWNER’S ADJUSTMENT BUREAU, INC. and Larry Dreyfus, Appellants, v. John OTT, Appellee.
    No. 82-1533.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    May 17, 1983.
    Harold M. Braxton, Miami, for appellants.
    
      Ligman, Martin, Shiley & McGee, Coral Gables, for appellee.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BASKIN and FERGUSON, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

Where a plaintiff, in an action for libel, failed to show that the defendant’s libelous letter had been received or read by any other person, there was no proof of publication, a necessary predicate to a finding of defamation, and the court should have directed a verdict for the defendant. See Owner's Adjustment Bureau, Inc. v. Ott, 402 So.2d 466 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981).

Reversed and remanded with instructions to enter judgment for defendant.