TREASURE CITY v. STRANGE

No. 19925.

590 S.W.2d 816 (1979)

TREASURE CITY, Appellant, v. Roy STRANGE, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley M. Kaufman, Herbert Garon, Jr., Oster & Kaufman, Dallas, for appellant.

John H. Cochran, Dallas, for appellee.

Before GUITTARD, C. J., and CARVER and STOREY, JJ.


CARVER, Justice.

Treasure City, a retailer, appeals from a jury verdict awarding Strange, a shopper, actual and exemplary damages for false imprisonment. We reverse and remand because the jury, during deliberation, considered matters outside the record resulting in an unfair trial.

The jury found that: (1) Treasure City did not have reasonable cause to detain Strange; (2) that Strange suffered mental anguish, humiliation...

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