Forbes Inc. v. Granada Biosciences, Inc.

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice JEFFERSON, Justice SMITH, Justice WAINWRIGHT, and Justice BRISTER joined.

Granada Biosciences, Inc. and Granada Foods Corporation sued Forbes, Inc., publisher of Forbes magazine, and writer William P. Barrett for business disparagement. The trial court rendered summary judgment for Forbes and Barrett, and the court of appeals reversed. 49 S.W.3d 610. We hold that the court of appeals erred in reversing the trial court’s summary judgment because the plaintiffs produced no evidence that Forbes and Barrett acted with actual…