Legal Opinion
CHANNEL 4, KGBT v. Briggs
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1988No. C-6982PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RAY, Justice.
This is a libel action brought by Jimmy Briggs, now deceased, a former political *940candidate, in which KGBT, a television station, and two news reporters were alleged to have defamed Briggs in a news broadcast. The media defendants were awarded a summary judgment by the trial court. The court of appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court on the grounds that the defendants had failed to conclusively negate the existence of actual malice. 739 S.W.2d 377. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and affirm the judgment of the the trial court.
In 1982, Briggs was a…
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