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CONTINENTAL COFFEE PRODUCTS v. CAZAREZ

No. 95-0827.

937 S.W.2d 444 (1996)

CONTINENTAL COFFEE PRODUCTS CO. and Allen D. Duff, Petitioners, v. Juanita CAZAREZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 13, 1996.

Rehearing Overruled February 21, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Martin Wickliff, Jr., Barbara L. Johnson, Paul E. Hash, Houston, for Respondent.

Thomas N. Thurlow, Houston, Donna Roth, Spring, Jose Luis Garriga, Janine G. Howard, Richard P. Hogan, Jr., Houston, for Petitioners.

PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

The principal question for our decision is what evidence is required for a court to find malice in order to award punitive damages for a violation of a statute creating an intentional tort. Juanita Cazarez sued her employer, Continental Coffee Products Company, and its employment manager, Alan D. Duff, for allegedly discharging her in retaliation for filing a workers' compensation claim in violation...

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