BRUEGGEMEYER v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES

Civ. A. Nos. CA3-83-1819-D, CA3-84-1756-D.

684 F.Supp. 452 (1988)

Bob BRUEGGEMEYER, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANIES, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division.

April 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Chumlea and Mark S. McQuality of Phalen, Chumlea & McQuality, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff, Bob Brueggemeyer.

Charles L. Babcock and Frank C. Vecella of Jackson, Walker, Winstead, Cantwell & Miller, Dallas, Tex., for defendants, American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., Robert Lange, and John Stossel.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

FITZWATER, District Judge.

This libel, slander, and false-light invasion of privacy action presents the questions whether plaintiff, Bob Brueggemeyer ("Brueggemeyer"), is a limited purpose public figure and, if so, whether he has produced sufficient summary judgment evidence to support a reasonable jury finding, based upon clear and convincing evidence, that defendants acted with actual malice when they allegedly defamed him...

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