Legal Opinion
News-Journal Corp. v. Carson
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 20, 1999No. 99-1459PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
741 So.2d 572 (1999)
NEWS-JOURNAL CORPORATION, et al., Petitioners,
v.
Kit CARSON, Respondent.
No. 99-1459.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
August 20, 1999.
Rehearing Denied October 15, 1999.
Jonathan D. Kaney, III and Jonathan D. Kaney, Jr., of Cobb, Cole & Bell, Daytona Beach, for Petitioners.
Kevin Kitpatrick Carson of Kevin "Kit" Carson, P.A., Daytona Beach, for Respondent.
W. SHARP, J.
The issue in this case is whether Florida's qualified journalist's privilege statute, section 90.5015(2), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1998), bars discovery and production of two documents given to…
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