Legal Opinion
San Antonio Express News v. Dracos
Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
Decided April 17, 1996No. 04-95-00755-CVPublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HARDBERGER, Justice.
This appeal arises from a defamation case brought by Ted Dracos against the San Antonio Express-News, Jeanne Jakle, Hart-Hanks Communications, Inc. and Hart-Hanks Television, Inc. The trial court denied a motion for summary judgment filed by the Express-News and Jakle; both parties then brought this accelerated, interlocutory appeal. See Tex.Civ.PRAc. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(6) (Vernon 1995); TexR.AppP. 42(a). For the following reasons, we sustain the appellants’ points of error and reverse the trial court’s judgment.
BACKGROUND
Appellee Ted Dracos was a television…
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