HUDSON v. WLOX, INC.

No. 2010-CA-00743-COA.

108 So.3d 429 (2012)

Gerald Heath HUDSON and Arthur Gerald Hudson, Appellant v. WLOX, INC., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

Rehearing Denied October 30, 2012.

Certiorari Denied February 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jim Waide , attorney for appellant.

Henry Laird , Samuel Trent Favre , attorneys for appellee.

EN BANC.


MAXWELL, J., for the Court:

¶ 1. The Mississippi Supreme Court has held pre-suit written notice is a prerequisite to filing a defamation suit against a television station.1 The aggrieved person must specify in his or her pre-suit notice letter (1) the particular telecast and (2) statements in the telecast alleged to be false and defamatory.2 Here, Gerald Heath Hudson (Heath) and Arthur Gerald Hudson (Gerald...

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