Gulf Atlantic Life Insurance Co. v. Hurlbut
Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)
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…
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