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DOLCEFINO v. TURNER

No. 14-97-240-CV

987 S.W.2d 100 (1998)

Wayne DOLCEFINO and KTRK Television, Inc., Appellants, v. Sylvester TURNER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled March 25, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Babcock, David Timothy Moran, Houston, for appellants.

Ronald G. Franklin, Ralph S. Carrigan, Robert E. Lapin, Houston, for appellee.

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

This appeal is from a jury verdict against Wayne Dolcefino and KTRK Television, Inc. (KTRK) in Sylvester Turner's libel suit. The suit arose out of two television news broadcasts aired on KTRK's Channel 13 on December 1, 1991, at 5:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m., days before the run-off election for mayor of Houston between Turner and Bob Lanier. The broadcasts questioned the role Turner may have played in, and what he knew about, an attempted...

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