DALLAS MORNING NEWS, INC. v. HALL

No. 02-16-00371-CV.

524 S.W.3d 369 (2017)

The DALLAS MORNING NEWS, INC. and Kevin Krause, Appellants, v. Lewis HALL and Richard Hall, Individually and on behalf of RXpress Pharmacies and Xpress Compounding, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fort Worth.

DELIVERED: May 25, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANTS: THOMAS S. LEATHERBURY , MARC A. FULLER , KIMBERLY R. MCCOY , MARGARET D. TERWEY , VINSON & ELKINS L.L.P., DALLAS, TEXAS.

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEES: ROBERT J. MYERS , JOHN J. SHAW , MYERS LAW, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

PANEL: WALKER, MEIER, and GABRIEL, JJ.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A private individual who sues a media defendant for defamation over statements of public concern bears the burden to prove that the statements are false, or not substantially true. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Hepps, 475 U.S. 767, 776-77,...

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