ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, Robert W. Caudle and Ricky Stowe v. Travis G. Coleman

OPINION

Opinion by Justice Brown

At issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether the Texas Citizens Participation Act applies to appellee Travis G. Coleman’s lawsuit against appellants — his former employer, ExxonMobil Pipeline Company, and supervisors, Robert W. Caudle and Ricky Stowe — arising out of internal, private communications about his job performance. The trial court concluded it did nqt and denied appellants’ motion to dismiss the lawsuit under the Act. Appellants contend on appeal that the Act applies because the challenged statements were made both in the exercise of the right of…