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PROCTER & GAMBLE MFG. CO. v. HAGLER

No. 06-94-00012-CV.

880 S.W.2d 123 (1994)

The PROCTER & GAMBLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Appellant, v. Don HAGLER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided May 24, 1994.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Bickel, Kathleen M. LaVelle, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, Feld, Dallas, P. Michael Jung, Strasburger & Price, Dallas, for appellant.

Franklin Jones, Jr., Rosemary Snider, Jones, Jones & Curry, Inc., Marshall, John R. Mercy, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop, Hlavinka, Texarkana, Neal S. Manne, Susman Godfrey, Houston, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., and BLEIL and GRANT, JJ.

OPINION

BLEIL, Justice.

Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company appeals an adverse judgment in favor of Don Hagler for libel. The critical issue is whether legally and factually sufficient evidence supports the jury's finding that Procter & Gamble acted with actual malice. We determine that there is some slight evidence but that it is wholly insufficient to support the finding. Because actual malice is a prerequisite to any recovery by Hagler, we...

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