April 2016

Florida Appellate Court Unseals Court Records in Hulk Hogan v. Gawker

MLRC MediaLawLetter
Timothy J. Conner

On the eve of March’s multi-million dollar jury verdict awarded to former wrestler Terry Bollea, known as Hulk Hogan, against Gawker, a group of media companies who intervened in the case – First Look Media, Inc., The Associated Press, the Tampa Bay Times, and several stations in the Scripps Media family of properties – won an appellate ruling quashing a series of trial court orders that had sealed hundreds of pages of motions, memoranda, and hearing transcripts.

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