Florida Judge Dismisses Professional Golfer’s Lawsuit

A Florida state court judge has granted summary judgment to a Florida newspaper, effectively dismissing a lawsuit brought by professional golfer John Daly, who claimed one of the columnists libeled him in a column.   In so ruling, Duval County Circuit Judge Hugh Carithers found that the alleged defamatory statements in the column were opinions based upon disclosed facts, and that Daly failed to produce any evidence of actual malice on the part of the defendant.   The column, which was