Legal Opinion · Dissent

Gulf Atlantic Life Insurance Co. v. Hurlbut

Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)

Decided June 14, 1985No. 05-81-01363-CVPublished

1DissentAkin, Justice

I cannot agree that the actions pleaded and proved should be considered claims for liable and slander, as characterized by both the majority and by the appellants and barred, therefore, by the one year statute of limitations. Neither can I agree that plaintiffs’ actions were barred as a matter of law because the defendants failed to submit a jury issue on limitations with respect to disparagement, conspiracy to disparage the plaintiffs’ business, or with respect to tortious interference with plaintiffs’ contracts, as well as a conspiracy to interfere with plaintiffs’ contracts. Indeed, the…

2Cases cited87 opinions

  1. International Bankers Life Insurance Co. v. HollowayTexas Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Standard Fire Insurance Co. v. ReeseTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp. v. Nortex Oil & Gas Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1968
  4. Black Lake Pipe Line Co. v. Union Construction Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Flanigan v. CarswellTexas Supreme Court · 1959

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