Jack T. Hammer v. Edward L. Slater, Loretta Slater, Herbert Jaffess, Renee Jaffess

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1994-05-18

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BIRCH, Circuit Judge: The plaintiff-appellant, Jack Hammer, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the defendant-appellees, Herbert and Renee Jaffess, in this diversity action for libel and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Because we find that there was a genuine issue of material fact as to the Jaffesses’ actual malice with respect to the libel…

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