BREWER v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC.

No. 2-97-189-CV.

986 S.W.2d 636 (1998)

Don Leonard BREWER and Gary Glen Brown, Appellants, v. CAPITAL CITIES/ABC, INC., American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., d/b/a ABC News (20/20), Katherine Bates, and Dewayne Anderton, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

Publication Ordered February 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Gilstrap and Ann Jones, Arlington, for Appellant.

Haynes & Boone, L.L.P., Donald C. Templin, and David Harper, Dallas, Jackson & Walker and Frank C. Vecella, and Watson, Caraway, et al., Vickie Rainwater and E.L. Caraway, Fort Worth, for Appellee.

Before Panel B DAY, RICHARDS, and HOLMAN, JJ.


OPINION

DAVID L. RICHARDS, Justice.

Introduction

Appellants Don Leonard Brewer and Gary Glen Brown appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Capital Cities/ABC, Inc.; American Broadcasting Company, Inc. d/b/a ABC News (20/20); Katherine Bates; and Dewayne Anderton on their libel suit. Appellants argue that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment because (1) ABC's statements were defamatory, (2) some

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