JACKSONVILLE (Florida): John Daly claimed a Florida newspaper libelled him in a column suggesting he failed “the scoundrel sniff test,” but a judge disagreed.
Duval County Circuit Judge Hugh Carithers dismissed Daly’s libel lawsuit on Monday and granted the Florida Times-Union’s request for summary judgment. He ruled that former columnist Mike Freeman’s statements were either true or constitutionally protected opinion.
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