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WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. COCKRELL

No. 13-00-145-CV.

61 S.W.3d 774 (2001)

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Appellant, v. Karl W. COCKRELL, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

November 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin D. Jewell, Magenheim, Bateman & Helfand, Stephen J. Knight, Attorney at Law, Houston, for Appellant.

Anthony Ray Segura, Attorney at Law, Scott M. Broussard, Houston, for Appellee.

Before Chief Justice VALDEZ and Justices DORSEY and RODRIGUEZ.

OPINION

DORSEY, Justice.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appeals from a judgment, following a jury verdict, finding that it had assaulted and falsely imprisoned a suspected shoplifter, Karl Cockrell. Based upon these findings the jury awarded Cockrell $300,000 for past mental anguish. The question raised on appeal is whether the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to support the verdict. We affirm.

I. FACTS

On November 6, 1996, Karl Cockrell...

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