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GONZALES v. POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO

No. 04-96-00031-CV.

948 S.W.2d 794 (1997)

Cleotilde H. GONZALES a/k/a Tillie Gonzales, Appellant, v. THE AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled May 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Michael Doyle, San Antonio, Michael A. Chovanec, Michael A. Chovanec, P.C., San Antonio, for Appellant.

John E. Westcott, Joel S. Pace, Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunham & Brown, L.C., San Antonio, for Appellee.

Before HARDBERGER, C.J., and RICKHOFF and DUNCAN, JJ.

OPINION

DUNCAN, Justice.

Cleotilde H. Gonzales filed suit against "the American Postal Workers Union," seeking to hold the national union vicariously liable for her damages arising out of an allegedly defamatory letter written and published by Gilbert Uriegas, a member of the national union and president of one of its local chapters. The trial court rendered summary judgment against Gonzales, and she appealed. We hold that a national union is not vicariously...

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