NEELY v. WILSON

No. 03-08-00495-CV.

331 S.W.3d 900 (2011)

Byron D. NEELY, Individually and Byron D. Neely, M.D., P.A., Appellants, v. Nanci WILSON; CBS Stations Group of Texas, L.P., d/b/a KEYE-TV; and Viacom, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

February 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Bruce Bennett , Cardwell, Hart & Bennett, L.L.P., James D. Baskin, III , The Baskin Law Firm, Sara M. Foskitt , Foskitt Law Office, P.L.L.C., Austin, TX, Cindy Olson Bourland , Law Firm of Cindy Olson Bourland, P.C., Round Rock, TX, for Appellants.

Daniel J. Kelly , Michael L. Raiff , Thomas S. Leatherbury , Lisa Bowlin Hobbs, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, Michael D. Marin, Boulette & Golden, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Appellees.

Before Justices PEMBERTON, ROSE and GOODWIN.


OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

Following an Austin television station's broadcast of an "investigative" news report that negatively portrayed his work as a neurosurgeon, Dr. Byron Neely and the professional association through which he practiced, Byron D. Neely, P.A. (collectively "Neely," except when the distinction is relevant), asserted causes of action for libel against the reporter who had written and presented the story, Nanci Wilson; the television...

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