Legal Opinion
Hailey v. KTBS, INC.
Texas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Decided October 25, 1996No. 06-96-00020-CVPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STARR, Justice.
This is a defamation case. The trial court granted summary judgment to appellee KTBS, Inc. (a television broadcaster) and appellee Advance Magazine Publishers (publisher of Gentlemen’s Quarterly Magazine). Appellant now appeals from the summary judgment upon the issue of defamation, as well as the denial of relief to appellant grounded upon intentional infliction of emotional distress.
On January 26, 1992, Geni Faye Butts and her two daughters, ages eleven and three, were murdered in their home in Atlanta, Texas. Kevin Hailey, appellant’s son, was arrested in connection…
2Cases cited67 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Rosenblatt v. BaerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. S.S.Texas Supreme Court · 1993
- Casso v. BrandTexas Supreme Court · 1989
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