GAYLORD BROADCASTING CO. v. FRANCIS

No. 05-99-00481-CV.

7 S.W.3d 279 (1999)

GAYLORD BROADCASTING COMPANY, L.P. and Angela Hale, Appellants, v. Robert W. FRANCIS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

November 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall M. Searcy, Roger C. Diseker, Kelly, Hart & Hallman, P.C., Fort Worth, for Appellant.

Joe Chumlea, Bragg Chumlea McQuality & Smithers, Dallas, for Appellee.

Before Justices KINKEADE, WHITTINGTON, and JAMES.


OPINION

TOM JAMES, Justice.

Robert W. Francis, a criminal district court judge in Dallas County, sued appellants Gaylord Broadcasting Company, L.P., and Angela Hale for defamation arising out of a series of news stories broadcast on KTVT Channel 11 regarding the work habits of Dallas County criminal district court judges. Gaylord and Hale bring an interlocutory appeal from the trial court's denial of their motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

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