Dwyer v. Sabine Mining Co.

OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Wayne Dwyer appeals from a take-nothing summary judgment in his suit against Sabine Mining Company, its parent corporation, and Phillip Walkovak, a Sabine employee. Dwyer had sued Sabine and the others for damages due to defamation and tortious interference in his business relationship resulting from slanderous statements Walkovak made. Sabine and the others moved for summary judgment on grounds that limitations barred the suit, that Dwyer had settled his claims before suit, and that Walkovak was not in the scope of his employment with Sabine when he made the…