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BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES, INC. v. LIECK

No. 13-90-364-CV.

845 S.W.2d 926 (1992)

BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES, INC., and James R. Meszaros, Appellants, v. Kenneth J. LIECK and Nydia Hinojosa Lieck, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled February 11, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa D. Powell, Charles C. Murray, Atlas & Hall, McAllen, Professor William Powers, The University of Texas, School of Law, Austin, Roger Townsend, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, for appellants.

Norton A. Colvin, Jr., Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, Gordon L. Briscoe, Harlingen, Neil E. Norquest, McAllen, for appellees.

Before the Court En Banc.

MAJORITY OPINION

GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice.

Kenneth and Nydia Lieck filed suit alleging that Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc. (BFI), through its agent, James Meszaros, made false and incomplete statements which caused a criminal prosecution to be filed against Kenneth Lieck, and that the statements were made with malice and without probable cause to believe that a crime had been committed. The jury agreed, and found BFI and Meszaros liable for malicious...

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