State Farm Lloyds Insurance Co. v. Maldonado

OPINION ON APPELLEES’ AMENDED SECOND MOTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC AND APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

CHAPA, Chief Justice.

The panel opinion dated December 30, 1994, is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted therefor. Appellees’ amended second motion for rehearing en banc is granted. Appellees’ motion for rehearing (to the panel) is denied as moot. Appellant’s motion for rehearing, having been considered en banc on the court’s own motion, is denied.

I. BACKGROUND

Adelfa Maldonado sued Curtis Robert, Sr. for defamation because of statements made by Robert accusing Maldonado of being…