Legal Opinion
Darrin Opaitz v. Gannaway Web Holding, L.L.C., D/B/A Worldnow Raycom Media, Inc. D/B/A KCBD-TV NewsChannel 11 And James Clark
Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)
Decided November 18, 2014No. 07-12-00527-CVPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Patrick A. Pirtle, Justice
Appellant, Darrin Opaitz, challenges the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of media Appellees, Ganna-way Web Holdings, LLC, d/b/a Worldnow, Raycom Media, Inc., d/b/a KCBD-TV NewsChannel 11 and James Clark, individually, (collectively KCBD) in his suit for invasion of privacy, defamation by libel, defamation by libel per quod and declaratory judgment.
BACKGROUND
Opaitz, a police officer with the City of Lubbock for over seventeen years, was placed on paid administrative leave on March 5, 2009, amid allegations of sexual misconduct and an…
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