Zillow Inc. must face claims that an inaccurate posting kept a 9,600-square foot Texas mansion from being sold and forced the owners to lower the asking price by $5 million.
The property search site isn’t entitled to an early dismissal under the Texas Citizens Participation Act, a law designed to protect the exercise of free speech, because “Zillow was acting in its capacity as a seller of real-estate-marketplace services,” the Texas Court of Appeals, Second District, ruled Thursday.
The commercial speech exception supports a trial court’s order making Zillow face tortious interference claims from the homeowner couple, Michael and Bradina ...
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