WFAA-TV, INC. v. McLEMORE

No. 10-96-033-CV

979 S.W.2d 337 (1998)

WFAA-TV, INC., Appellant, v. John McLEMORE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Ordered Published November 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Matt Dawson, Dawson, Sodd, Moe, Jacobson & Beard, P.C., Corsicana, James E. Wren, Haley & Davis, P.C., Waco, Paul C. Watler, Jenkins & Gilcrist, P.C., Dallas, for appellant.

Felipe Reyna, Reyna, Hinds & Crandall, John A. Montez & Aubrey R. Williams, Cherry, Davis, Harrison, Montez, Williams & Baird, P.C., Waco, for appellee.

Before Chief Justice DAVIS, Justice CUMMINGS, and Justice VANCE.


OPINION

REX D. DAVIS, Chief Justice.

This is a defamation suit arising out of the 1993 raid by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) on the Branch Davidian compound at Mount Carmel outside of Waco. John McLemore, a reporter for KWTX-TV Channel 10 in Waco, sued (1) WFAA-TV Channel 8 in Dallas, (2) Valeri Williams, a WFAA reporter, (3) A.H. Belo Corporation, (4) Belo Productions, Inc., (5) the Houston Chronicle, and (6) Kathy Fair...

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