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CHANNEL 4, KGBT v. BRIGGS

No. C-6982.

759 S.W.2d 939 (1988)

CHANNEL 4, KGBT et al. v. Jimmy BRIGGS and Jimmie Briggs.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rollins M. Koppell, Michael R. Ezell and William Kimball, Koppel, Ezell, Jackson & Powers, Harlingen, for petitioners.

Larry Watts and Bonnie Cervin, Watts & Company, Houston, for respondents.

OPINION

RAY, Justice.

This is a libel action brought by Jimmy Briggs, now deceased, a former political candidate, in which KGBT, a television station, and two news reporters were alleged to have defamed Briggs in a news broadcast. The media defendants were awarded a summary judgment by the trial court. The court of appeals reversed the judgment of the trial court on the grounds that the defendants had failed to...

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