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CITY OF BROWNSVILLE v. PENA

No. 13-85-439-CV.

716 S.W.2d 677 (1986)

CITY OF BROWNSVILLE and Ernesto Avalos, Appellants, v. Alfonso PENA, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

August 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Chosy and William L. Morrow, Carinhas & Morrow, Juan Jose Martinez, Brownsville, for appellants.

Noe Robles, Harlingen, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and KENNEDY and SEERDEN, JJ.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Appellee brought suit against appellants under TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 73.001 (Vernon 1986) for libel, and under TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN. art. 6252-16a (Vernon Supp.1986), "the Whistleblower Act." The jury found against appellants and awarded appellee damages under both causes of action. Appellee recovered $15,000.00 from the city as damages for the article 6252-16a violation, plus $5,000.00 in exemplary damages...

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