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DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, INC. v. SILVA

No. 03-0669.

148 S.W.3d 370 (2004)

DILLARD DEPARTMENT STORES, INC., Petitioner, v. Lyndon SILVA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brock C. Akers and Neal Kieval, Phillips & Ackers, P.C., Houston, for Petitioner.

Don D. Becker and John Brice Carroll, Carroll & Becker, Houston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

In this case, we must decide whether a department store customer, mistakenly detained and prosecuted for shoplifting, presented legally sufficient evidence to a jury to support its award of actual and exemplary damages for false imprisonment. Concluding that there was evidence to support both actual and exemplary damages, the court of appeals, with one justice dissenting, affirmed the awards. 106 S.W.3d 789. While we...

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