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WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 01-0643.

92 S.W.3d 502 (2002)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Petitioner, v. Martin RODRIGUEZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided October 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin D. Jewell, Magenheim Bateman & Helfand, P.L.L.C., Houston, Robert Joseph Perez, Shelton & Valadez, San Antonio, Douglas W. Alexander, Scott Douglass & McConnico, Austin, for Petitioner.

A.J. Hohman, Jr., John G. Gehring, Hohman Georges & Gehring L.L.P., San Antonio, for Respondent.

Justice ENOCH delivered the opinion of the Court.

We must decide whether Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. may be liable for false imprisonment because of its failure to disclose to the district attorney that its check identification system could provide inaccurate information, resulting in the arrest of innocent persons. The trial court said no. But the court of appeals said yes, and reversed the trial court's summary judgment for Wal-Mart.1 We hold...

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