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JOHNSON v. PHILLIPS

NO. 01-15-00173-CV.

526 S.W.3d 529 (2017)

Joan JOHNSON, Kaleta Johnson, Seth Johnson, and Wirt Blaffer, Appellants v. Michael PHILLIPS, Spindle Top Publishing, and Phillips Akers Womac, P.C., Appellees.

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

Rehearing Overruled September 7, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Tabolsky , YETTER COLEMAN LLP, Two Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 3600, Houston, Texas 77010, Patrick Zummo , LAW OFFICES OF PATRICK ZUMMO, Two Houston Center, 909 Fannin, Suite 3500, Houston, Texas 77010, for Appellants.

William W. Ogden , Judith A. Meyer , OGDEN, GIBSON, BROOCKS, LONGORIA & HALL, L.L.P., 1900 Pennzoil South Tower , Houston, Texas 77002, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Massengale, and Huddle.

OPINION

After siblings Kaleta and Seth Johnson sued Dinesh Shah for Shah's protracted abuse of their family, Michael Phillips, a Houston attorney, defended Shah against the allegations in a 2008 civil trial. Phillips later published a book, titled "Monster in River Oaks," about the events giving rise to the suit...

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