El Paso Healthcare System D/B/A Las Palmas Medical Center v. Laura Murphy

OPINION

YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice

In this retaliatory-discharge and tor-tious-interference case, a jury found El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd., d/b/a Las Palmas Medical Center liable for discharging Laura Murphy in violation of Section 161.135 of the Texas Health and Safety Code and tortiously interfering with Murphy’s business relationship with her employer, West Texas OB Anesthesia. The jury awarded Murphy $31,000 for lost wages, $300,000 for “[cjompensatory dam ages in the past,” and $800,000 for “[c]om-pensatory damages in the future.” The trial court entered judgment on the jury’s…