GALVESTON NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. NORRIS

No. 01-97-01381-CV.

981 S.W.2d 797 (1998)

GALVESTON NEWSPAPERS, INC. d/b/a The Galveston County Daily News, Dolph Tillotson, Mark Holan and Christopher Williams, Appellants, v. Walter NORRIS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled October 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Daughtry, Houston, for Appellants.

Gordon R. Cooper, II, Houston, for Appellees.

Before COHEN, HEDGES, and TAFT, JJ.


OPINION

HEDGES, Justice.

In this interlocutory appeal, appellants appeal the denial of their motion for summary judgment. This is a defamation case in which appellants, The Galveston County Daily News, are media defendants. They argue that appellee, Walter Norris, failed to produce competent summary judgment evidence of actual malice and that substantial truth was conclusively established. We reverse and render.

JURISDICTION

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