Case Name: Blas Jesus CORBO, Appellant, v. The MIAMI DAILY NEWS, INC., and Hilda Inclan, Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1979-06-05
Citations: 371 So. 2d 1066
Docket Number: No. 78-1346
Parties: Blas Jesus CORBO, Appellant, v. The MIAMI DAILY NEWS, INC., and Hilda Inclan, Appellees.
Judges: Before PEARSON, HENDRY and BARKDULL, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 371
Pages: 1066–1067

Head Matter:
Blas Jesus CORBO, Appellant, v. The MIAMI DAILY NEWS, INC., and Hilda Inclan, Appellees.
No. 78-1346.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
June 5, 1979.
Rehearing Denied July 5, 1979.
Nathan Kurtz, Miami, for appellant.
Joseph P. Averill, Miami, for appellees.
Before PEARSON, HENDRY and BARKDULL, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The complaint, which alleges libel, is fatally defective in that the plaintiff has failed to allege compliance with Section 770.01, Florida Statutes (1977). See Hevey v. News-Journal Corporation, 148 So.2d 543 (Fla. 1st DCA 1963). Nevertheless, the trial court allowed discovery and, thereafter, entered a summary final judgment for the defendants. The. discovery fully supported the judgment because no genuine issue of material fact appears from the plaintiff's admissions that he had no.proof of actual malice. See Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., 418 U.S. 323, 94 S.Ct. 2997, 41 L.Ed.2d 789 (1974); New York Times Company v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 84 S.Ct. 710, 11 L.Ed.2d 686 (1964). See also State ex rel. Miami Herald Publishing Company v. McIntosh, 340 So.2d 904 (Fla.1977); and Ross v. Gore, 48 So.2d 412 (Fla.1950).
Affirmed.