Galveston Newspapers, Inc. v. Norris

OPINION

HEDGES, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, appellants appeal the denial of their motion for summary judgment. This is a defamation case in which appellants, The Galveston County Daily News, are media defendants. They argue that appellee, Walter Norris, failed to produce competent summary judgment evidence of actual malice and that substantial truth was conclusively established. We reverse and render.

JURISDICTION

As a preliminary matter, this court has jurisdiction to hear this interlocutory appeal, pursuant to Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 51.014(6) (Vernon 1997).…