Appeals Court Reverses $1.2M Libel Judgment that Stemmed from a Yelp Review

A Texas appellate court has reversed a $1.2 million judgment against a marketing professional who wrote a negative Yelp review about a dentist who owed him money.

The premise of Friday’s appellate ruling, issued by Dallas’ Fifth Court of Appeals, is about the protection of broad-form releases that litigating parties enter with one another, but the marketer’s lawyers also say it’s a good day for free speech.