Brewer v. Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.

OPINION

DAVID L. RICHARDS, Justice.

Introduction

Appellants Don Leonard Brewer and Gary Glen Brown appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.; American Broadcasting Company, Inc. d/b/a ABC News (20/20); Katherine Bates; and Dewayne Anderton on their libel suit. Appellants argue that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because (1) ABC’s statements were defamatory, (2) some of the statements were “of or concerning” Brown, (3) appellees failed to show that the defamatory statements were true, (4) appellants are not public figures or public officials, (5)…