Diamond Shamrock Corp. v. Ortiz

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Diamond Shamrock Corporation [Shamrock] and Industrial Lubricants, Inc., a subsidiary thereof, appeal from a judgment rendered against them for $50,000, for the malicious prosecution of Reynaldo Ortiz. Appellants bring five no evidence points of error, a point on pre-judgment interest, and a point on excessive damages. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

In 1981, appellee was hired by Richard Johnson, a district manager for Shamrock, to work in a La Feria warehouse for Industrial Lubricants, Inc. Appellee first worked installing racks and cleaning the warehouse,…