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CANUTILLO IND. SCHOOL DIST. v. OLIVARES

No. 08-95-00056-CV.

917 S.W.2d 494 (1996)

CANUTILLO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. Thomas OLIVARES, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso.

Rehearing Overruled March 27, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry C. Hosford, Baskind, Samaniego & Hosford, P.C., El Paso, for Appellant.

James F. Scherr, James B. Kennedy, Scherr & Legate, P.C., El Paso, for Appellee.

Before BARAJAS, C.J., and McCLURE and CHEW, JJ.

OPINION

CHEW, Justice.

Appellant Canutillo Independent School District appeals from an adverse jury verdict in a retaliatory termination case. Appellee Thomas Olivares alleged that the school district terminated him because he filed several Worker's Compensation claims. The jury found for Olivares and awarded him $200,000 in damages. We will modify the judgment and affirm as modified.

From March 1988 until April 1993, Appellee Thomas Olivares...

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