Legal Opinion
Thomas-Smith v. MacKin
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided November 8, 2007No. 14-05-00852-CVPublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RICHARD H. EDELMAN, Senior Justice.
In this defamation case, V.E. Joahanne Thomas-Smith appeals on numerous grounds a judgment entered in favor of James E. Mackin. We reverse and remand.
Background
During a telephone conversation, Thomas-Smith, the Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs of Prairie View A & M University (“Prairie View”), questioned Dr. Gerard Rambally, the Dean of Arts and Science of Prairie View, about Rambally’s reasons for recommending Mackin, a Ph.D. in chemical oceanography, to be appointed interim Chairman of the Prairie View Chemistry…
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