Homebuilder Unsuccessful in Defamation Case Concerning Mold Contamination News Story

TYLER, Texas - A homebuilder, who had filed a defamation case against a broadcasting company and one of its reporters after being spotlighted in a television news report about mold contamination and flooding in a house he built, was unsuccessful in his appeal of the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants. Donald Reedy, Appellant v. Crayton Webb and Gaylord Broadcasting Company, Appellees, No. 12-01-00301-CV (Texas Ct. App., 12th Dist., Tyler).

According to the Nov. 27, 2002, opinion, the facts underlying the gist of the news story were substantially true and, therefore, the appeals court affirmed …