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VISTA CHEVROLET, INC. v. BARRON

No. 13-84-236-CV.

698 S.W.2d 435 (1985)

VISTA CHEVROLET, INC., Appellant, v. Reginald I. BARRON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied October 31, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Mullen, Brown, Maroney, Rose, Barber & Dye, Austin, Rick Rogers, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

David Atnip, Stephen L. Burkett, Burkett & Burkett, Corpus Christi, for appellee.

Before BENAVIDES, J., NYE, C.J., and SEERDEN, J.

OPINION

BENAVIDES, Justice.

This is a slander case. Appellee Barron filed suit against Vista Chevrolet, Inc. and Phillip E. Neesen, seeking actual and exemplary damages as compensation for harm done and injuries suffered from the actions of Vista Chevrolet in reporting to the Corpus Christi Police Department and the police department of Ithaca, New York, that Barron had stolen one of its vehicles.

Trial was to a jury which found that the reports...

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