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WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. McKENZIE

No. 11-96-275-CV.

979 S.W.2d 364 (1998)

WAL-MART STORES, INC. et al, Appellants, v. Jeremiah McKENZIE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

September 10, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Preston Wrotenbery, Kevin D. Jewell, Magenheim, Bateman, Robinson, Wrotenbery & Helfand, Houston, for Appellants.

James D. Hankins, Palestine, M. Keith Dollahite, Ritcheson & Dollahite, Tyler, for Appellee.

Before DICKENSON and WRIGHT, JJ., and McCLOUD, Senior Justice.

OPINION

DICKENSON, Justice.

Jeremiah McKenzie sued his former employer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and one of its managers, Rick Rumfelt. The jury resolved the disputed fact issues by finding that Wal-Mart had committed an unlawful employment practice (firing McKenzie "because of race") and that Rumfelt had slandered McKenzie (by saying that McKenzie "committed theft"). The trial court rendered judgment on the jury's verdict that McKenzie recover from Wal-Mart...

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