Legal Opinion
A.H. Belo Corp. v. Rayzor
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided November 4, 1982No. 2-82-008-CVPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JORDAN, Justice.
See also A.H. Belo Corp. v. Rayzor, 620 S.W.2d 756 (Tex.Civ.App.—Fort Worth 1981, writ dism’d) (on plea of privilege).
Appellee Rayzor sued appellants, A.H. Belo Corporation, publisher of the Dallas Morning News and Earl Golz, an investigative reporter for the News, for libel as a result of two articles written by Golz and published by the News on August 17, 1979 and December 8, 1979. Trial in a Denton County trial court resulted in a verdict for appellee for $1,000,000 actual damages against both appellants and for $1,000,000 exemplary damages against the A.H. Belo…
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