Enriquez v. Khouri

OPINION

SUSAN LARSEN, Justice.

In this defamation case, Blanca Enri-quez appeals from the trial court’s denial of her summary judgment motion urging she was entitled to immunity under the Texas Education Code. We reverse and render.

FACTS

On August 14, 1998, about fifty people, including the plaintiffs here, were terminated from their jobs as family service workers at the Region 19 Education Service Center — Head Start Program. That same day Blanca Enriquez, Director of Head Start, gave an interview to KDBC Television, the CBS affiliate for the El Paso region. In the story KDBC aired following…