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MINYARD FOOD STORES, INC. v. GOODMAN

No. 01-0734.

80 S.W.3d 573 (2002)

MINYARD FOOD STORES, INC., Petitioner, v. Brenda GOODMAN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 13, 2002.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryant Scott McFall, Andrew T. Turner, Ronald Wayne Chapman, Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, Dallas, for petitioner.

William Paul Rossini, Vial Hamilton Koch & Knox, Steven B. Thorpe, Carla S. Hatcher, Thorpe, Hatcher & Washington, LLP, Dallas, for respondent.

Justice BAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this defamation case, we decide whether an employee who defames another employee to his employer during a workplace misconduct investigation was acting within the course and scope of his employment. A jury found that the culpable employee was acting within the course and scope and awarded both actual and punitive damages. The trial court rendered judgment on the verdict for actual damages against the defaming employee...

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