Advertising agent sued our client, a television station, for defamation, tortious interference, and negligence after the station truthfully told a customer that the station's ad reps could no longer accept ads from the agent, who had multiple unpaid invoices. After we filed a summary judgment motion on all claims, plaintiff dropped his defamation and negligence claims but kept the tortious interference claim and added a claim for public disclosure of private facts in an attempt to defeat the summary judgment motion. We filed a Rule 91a Motion to Dismiss on the public disclosure claim because the communication at issue was a private conversation, there was no public disclosure and the facts were not private facts. The judge agreed, dismissing the privacy claim with prejudice and granting our client more than $15,615.75 in attorneys' fees pursuant to the statute. The judge later granted the motion for summary judgment on the remaining claim of tortious interference, disposing of all claims.
Marc Fantich v. Comcorp of Texas Inc.
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