Legal Opinion
City of La Porte v. Prince
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided March 3, 1993No. 10-92-076-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS, Chief Justice.
The jury found that the City of La Porte fired Allen Prince, one of its employees, because he filed a claim for workers’ compensation. The City appeals a judgment in Prince’s favor for $100,000 in actual damages and $1,000,000 in exemplary damages. It argues that the court erred by not granting it a directed verdict based on the defense of governmental immunity, by awarding exemplary damages, and by submitting a question to the jury when there was no evidence or insufficient evidence to support its submission. The City also contends that the court erroneously…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Pembaur v. City of CincinnatiSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Cain v. BainTexas Supreme Court · 1986
- City of St. Louis v. PraprotnikSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. HaslipSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by13 opinions
- City of LaPorte v. BarfieldTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Strahan v. Davis, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1994
- Kuhl v. City of GarlandTexas Supreme Court · 1995
- Gifford Hill American, Inc. v. Whittington, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1995
- Classen v. Irving Healthcare System, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1993
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