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CITY OF LA PORTE v. PRINCE

No. 10-92-076-CV.

851 S.W.2d 876 (1993)

CITY OF LA PORTE, Texas, Appellant, v. Allen Ray PRINCE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion March 3, 1993.

Rehearing Denied April 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Wallace and W. Charles Campbell, Soules & Wallace, Austin, C. Charles Dippel, Law Office of C. Charles Dippel, Houston, for appellant.

Dale W. Felton, Felton & Associates, Houston, for appellee.

Before THOMAS, C.J., and CUMMINGS and VANCE, JJ.

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion of Justice Vance March 3, 1993.

OPINION

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

The jury found that the City of La Porte fired Allen Prince, one of its employees, because he filed a claim for workers' compensation. The City appeals a judgment in Prince's favor for $100,000 in actual damages and $1,000,000 in exemplary damages. It argues that the court erred by not granting it a directed verdict based on the defense of governmental...

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