KTRK Television, Inc. v. Fowkes

OPINION

SCHNEIDER, Chief Justice.

This interlocutory appeal arises from a libel suit brought by Gordon Fowkes and his wife, Bettina Fowkes, against KTRK Television, Inc. (Channel 13 or Undercover 13) and reporter Wayne Dolcefino (collectively “the media defendants”). Fowkes also asserted tortious interference with employment relationship, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligenee/gross negligence causes of action. The media defendants brought this interlocutory appeal after the trial court denied their motion for summary judgment on Fowkes’s libel and tortious interference…