HOUSTON - The Fifth Court of Appeals recently affirmed a summary judgment win in favor of Josephson Dunlap in a defamation lawsuit brought by Aerotek.
Josephson Dunlap is a Houston law firm specializing in employment litigation. Aerotek is a staffing company.
Aerotek’s defamation lawsuit alleges Josephson Dunlap made and published on LinkedIn advertisements directed to Aerotek’s employees.
Court records show Aerotek appealed a trial court order granting Josephson Dunlap’s traditional and no-evidence motion for summary judgment and denying Aerotek’s countermotion for partial traditional summary judgment.
On April 19, the Fifth Court concluded the trial court did not err in granting no-evidence summary judgment for Josephson Dunlap.
“Because the summary judgment can be affirmed on no-evidence grounds, we need not address Dunlap’s traditional summary judgment motion,” the opinion states. “We overrule Aerotek’s issue and affirm the trial court’s judgment.”
Appeals case No. 05-21-00037-CV