WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. KEE

No. 12-86-0259-CV.

743 S.W.2d 296 (1987)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Tanja KEE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Hatchell, Ramey Firm, Tyler, for appellant.

Jerry Calhoon, Palestine, for appellee.


SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment awarding actual and exemplary damages in a suit alleging a discriminatory firing of an employee in violation of Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat. Ann. art. 8307c (Vernon Supp.1987).1 We affirm.

A jury found that plaintiff/appellee Tanja Kee (hereinafter Kee) was fired by defendant/appellant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (hereinafter Wal-Mart) in response to a workers' compensation claim and awarded...

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