Case Name: Reese VICTOR and David Goldman, Appellants, v. NEWS & SUN SENTINEL CO., a Delaware corporation doing business in Broward County, Florida, and Jack Zink, a Florida resident, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-04-24
Citations: 467 So. 2d 499
Docket Number: No. 84-1711
Parties: Reese VICTOR and David Goldman, Appellants, v. NEWS & SUN SENTINEL CO., a Delaware corporation doing business in Broward County, Florida, and Jack Zink, a Florida resident, Appellees.
Judges: ANSTEAD, C.J., and DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 467
Pages: 499–500

Head Matter:
Reese VICTOR and David Goldman, Appellants, v. NEWS & SUN SENTINEL CO., a Delaware corporation doing business in Broward County, Florida, and Jack Zink, a Florida resident, Appellees.
No. 84-1711.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 24, 1985.
Terry S. Bienstock and H. Mark Vieth of Frates Bienstock & Sheehe, Miami, for appellants.
Ray Ferrero, Jr. and Ricki Tannen of Ferrero, Middlebrooks & Strickland, Fort Lauderdale, for appellees.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We reverse the dismissal with prejudice of appellants' libel action against appellees. Upon review of the amended complaint we believe it contained sufficient allegations of false factual statements made about appellants with malice and resulting in injury to state a cause of action for libel. Smith v. Taylor County Publishing Co., 443 So.2d 1042 (Fla. 1st DCA 1983). We do not believe the alleged defamatory statements were pure statements of opinion. We also believe the trial court acted prematurely in considering matters that should properly be raised as affirmative defenses.
Accordingly, we reverse and remand with directions for further proceedings consistent herewith.
ANSTEAD, C.J., and DOWNEY and WALDEN, JJ., concur.