Legal Opinion
Free v. American Home Assurance Co.
Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Decided June 1, 1995No. 01-94-00035-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OLIVER-PARROTT, Chief Justice.
Appellants, Daniel and Karen Free, appeal from a take-nothing summary judgment in their suit for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress. We affirm in part and reverse and remand in part.
Background facts and procedural history
Daniel Free was employed as an auditor by appellees, American Home Assurance Co. and American International Group (collectively, “AIG”). In April of 1991, Free got into a squabble with his immediate supervisor, Darrell Boyd. On April 19, 1991, Free was asked to resign, and on April 22, he tendered his letter of…
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