Legal Opinion
Villarreal v. Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided April 19, 1990No. 13-89-197-CVPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NYE, Chief Justice.
This is a libel action. Appellant, Elda Villarreal, sued appellees, Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc., and Greg Fieg-Piza-no, author of an article published on February 8, 1985 in the Corpus Christi Times, and several other entities. Appellant contended that this article dealing with her activities as a Child Protective Services (CPS) specialist with the Texas Department of Human Resources (TDHR) was libelous. The jury determined that the article was substantially false and was defamatory, but was not published with malice. The jury found damages in the amount of…
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