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DOWNING v. BURNS

No. 14-09-00718-CV.

348 S.W.3d 415 (2011)

Deborah DOWNING, Appellant, v. Don BURNS and Sherry Burns, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).

July 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg M. Rosenberg , Houston, for appellant.

Anthony Laurent Laporte , Amy Loose-Mitchell , Corey Le'Allen Mills , Warren Cole , Lynn Kuriger Stanton, Houston, for appellees.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES and Justices FROST and CHRISTOPHER.

MAJORITY OPINION

TRACY CHRISTOPHER, Justice.

Before Deborah Downing resigned from her job as an assistant to realtor Don Burns, she copied several pages from the office policy and procedures manual she had written for him. After they learned of this, Don and his wife Sherry told several people that Downing stole from them, and that they would sue anyone who employed her if the material was not returned. When Downing was fired from her two subsequent jobs...

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