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CITY OF FORT WORTH v. ZIMLICH

No. 98-1014.

29 S.W.3d 62 (2000)

CITY OF FORT WORTH, Texas, Petitioner, v. Julius D. ZIMLICH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 29, 2000.

Rehearing Overruled November 9, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Clarke Snell, Madison David Jechow, Amy Warr, Bickerstaff Heath Smiley Pollan Kever & McDaniel, Austin, for Petitioner.

Douglas W. Alexander, Scott Douglass & McConnico, Austin, Andrew Monroe Trusevich, Ford Yungbult White & Salazar, Dallas, David Guillory, Nacogdoches, Dana C. Livingston Cobb, Cook Roach & Lawless, William Powers, Jr., Austin, for Respondent.

Justice GONZALES delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

In this case we must decide whether the City of Fort Worth engaged in retaliatory discrimination against Julius Zimlich, an employee, in violation of the Whistleblower Act. See TEX. GOV'T CODE §§ 554.001-.009 (Supp.2000). The trial court rendered judgment on a jury verdict, awarding Zimlich actual damages for lost earnings and mental anguish, and punitive damages. The City appealed, asserting...

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