FRANCO v. CRONFEL

No. 03-09-00494-CV.

311 S.W.3d 600 (2010)

Gilbert FRANCO, Appellant, Guillermo Ochoa Cronfel, Cross-Appellant, v. Guillermo Ochoa CRONFEL, Appellee, Gilbert Franco, Cross-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Overruled May 18, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Thompson, Jr., Wright & Greenhill, PC, Austin, TX, for Appellant.

Kemp W. Gorthey, Austin, TX, for Appellee.

Before Justices PATTERSON, PURYEAR and HENSON.


OPINION

DIANE M. HENSON, Justice.

Gilbert Franco posted a review of legal services provided by Guillermo Ochoa-Cronfel on the website www.RipoffReport. com ("Ripoff Report"). Ochoa-Cronfel sued Franco for defamation. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 73.001 (West 2005). Franco filed several motions for summary judgment. The trial court granted Franco's partial motion asserting that Ochoa-Cronfel was a public official as a matter...

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