Pioneer Concrete of Texas, Inc. v. Allen
Court of Appeals of Texas
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERTSON, Justice.
Pioneer Concrete of Texas, Inc. (Pioneer), and Gene Tanner (Tanner), appellants, bring this appeal from an adverse judgment in a defamation action brought by Troy Lester Allen (Allen), appellee. Appellants raise three points of error. We reverse and render.
Allen brought suit against Pioneer and Tanner, 1 alleging wrongful termination, defamation and fraud. The jury found that Tanner was acting within the scope of his employment with Pioneer; Tanner’s state ments to J.T. McCullough (McCullough) were defamatory; the statements were not published with malice; and the…
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