NEWSPAPER HOLDINGS, INC. v. CRAZY HOTEL

No. 01-12-00581-CV.

416 S.W.3d 71 (2013)

NEWSPAPER HOLDINGS, INC., IntegraCare of Texas, LLC, and Charlotte Patterson, Appellants v. CRAZY HOTEL ASSISTED LIVING, LTD., Crazy Hotel Assisted Living, GP, LLC, Leisure Life Senior Apartment Housing II, Ltd., and Charles V. Miller, Jr., Appellees.

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

Rehearing En Banc Overruled December 19, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. McCown , Patrick P. Sicotte , Nesbitt, Vassar & McCown, L.L.P., Addison, TX, Robert Parke Latham , Amanda Z. Patrick , Jackson & Walker L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Appellants.

David Nathaniel Harvey , Harvey & Associates, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX, W. Barry Montgomery , Kalbaugh, Pfund & Messersmith, Richmond, VA, Matthew J. Kita , Dallas, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice RADACK and Justices BLAND and HUDDLE.


OPINION

JANE BLAND, Justice.

This defamation case arises from a series of articles published in the Mineral Wells Index (the Index), a newspaper owned by Newspaper Holdings, Inc. (NHI). The articles reported regulatory compliance problems and official investigations into the Crazy Water Retirement Hotel, a local Mineral Wells assisted living facility, and examined the conduct of Charles Miller, president of the Hotel's corporate owner.1...

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