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SMITH v. HOLLEY

No. 04-90-00528-CV.

827 S.W.2d 433 (1992)

Lonnie SMITH, Appellant, v. Jeannette HOLLEY, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied April 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick G. Strange, Terry Rhoads, Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, Midland, and Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., Crofts, Callaway & Jefferson, San Antonio, for appellant.

Thad Harkins, Hubert W. Green, and Melissa G. Guthrie, Green, McReynolds & Reed, San Antonio, for appellee.

Before PEEPLES, CARR and GARCIA, JJ.

OPINION

PEEPLES, Justice.

Lonnie Smith appeals a judgment based on a jury finding that he defamed Jeannette Holley by allowing a prospective employer to review documents concerning her and by discussing her job performance. The jury awarded Holley $500,000 in actual damages, and a like amount in punitive damages based on a finding that Smith acted with malice. The trial court disregarded the malice finding and rendered judgment on the verdict for the actual...

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