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EVANS v. DOLCEFINO

No. 01-97-00545-CV

986 S.W.2d 69 (1999)

James A. EVANS and Kenneth R. Lorton, Appellants, v. Wayne DOLCEFINO; Capital Cities/ABC National Television Sales, Inc.; and KTRK Television, Inc., Appellees. Wayne Dolcefino; Capital Cities/ABC National Television Sales, Inc.; and KTRK Television, Inc., Appellants, v. Lawrence E. Lahaie, Jr., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

January 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Babcock, N. David Bleisch, Susan Weiss Davidson, Houston, for Appellants.

Thomas A. Dickens, Houston, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice SCHNEIDER and Justices WILSON and SMITH.

OPINION

MICHAEL H. SCHNEIDER, Chief Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal brought by Wayne Dolcefino, Capital Cities/ABC National Television Sales, Inc., and KTRK Television, Inc. (collectively, "the media defendants") from the denial of their motion for summary judgment in a libel case. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.CODE ANN. § 51.014(6) (Vernon Supp.1999). Lawrence E. LaHaie, Jr. (LaHaie), a building inspector for the City of Houston, sued...

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