Oliphint v. Richards

OPINION

LESLIE BROCK YATES, Justice.

This is a defamation case arising out of a negative employment reference given by appellees, Scott M. Richards and Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., to a private investigator hired by appellant, Barry A. Oliphint. The trial court granted appel-lees’ motion for summary judgment, and, in one point of error, Oliphint claims the trial court erred in doing so. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

According to the undisputed summary judgment evidence, Oliphint began working for a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering in 1984, and he eventually worked directly for…