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SIMMONS AIRLINES v. LAGROTTE

No. 05-00-00656-CV.

50 S.W.3d 748 (2001)

SIMMONS AIRLINES, Individually and d/b/a American Eagle, Appellant, v. Michael LAGROTTE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

August 3, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirsten M. Castaneda, Michael V. Powell, Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP, Thomas L. Case, Barbara Kay Salyers, Thomas L. Case & Associates, P.C., J. Hunter Johnson, Fletcher & Springer, L.L.P., Dallas, for Appellant.

Jonathan T. Suder, Friedman, Young, Suder & Cooke, Fort Worth, Jeffrey S. Levinger, Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice THOMAS and Justices LAGARDE and BRIDGES.

OPINION

LAGARDE, Justice.

Simmons Airlines, Inc. ("Simmons") appeals the trial court's final judgment, following a jury trial, in favor of Michael Lagrotte. The jury found that Simmons acted with malice in terminating appellee for the sole reason that he refused to perform an illegal act. The trial court entered judgment for appellee on jury findings for $2,354,504 in actual damages and $3,459,008 in exemplary damages.1

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