WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. LANE

No. 13-98-250-CV.

31 S.W.3d 282 (2000)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Thomas J. LANE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Overruled November 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Preston Wrotenbery, Kevin D. Jewell, Magenheim, Bateman, Robinson, Wrotenbery & Helfand, Houston, for Appellant.

Russell Manning, Hornblower, Manning & Ward, Corpus Christi, for Appellee.

Before Justices DORSEY, HINOJOSA, and RODRIGUEZ.


OPINION

J. BONNER DORSEY, Justice.

By six points of error, Wal-Mart seeks reversal of a multi-million dollar jury verdict awarded in favor of its former employee, T.J. Lane. While employed by Wal-Mart, Lane complained that a female co-worker was "spreading rumors about him" that he had sexually harassed her. Upon investigating Lane's complaint, Wal-Mart concluded that Lane had indeed sexually harassed the female employee, and terminated Lane for that reason...

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