Legal Opinion
Eskew v. Plantation Foods, Inc.
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided August 31, 1995No. 10-95-015-CVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS, Chief Justice.
Plantation Foods, Inc. began an investigation into irregularities in its maintenance department, which ultimately resulted in the termination of Gregory Eskew, Gary Eskew, Guy Eskew, and several other maintenance employees. The Eskews sued Plantation Foods and its chief executive officer, Roane Lacy, Jr., for defamation after the Waco Tribune-Herald published an article containing these statements by Lacy: “[irregularities in the company’s maintenance department prompted personnel changes.... Everyday we hire people, let people go and people quit.... I don’t want…
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