Legal Opinion
Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. v. Tucker
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided March 28, 1991No. 13-89-402-CVPublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DORSEY, Justice.
Stuart Tucker, appellee, brought suit against appellant, Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., for fraud, breach of contract, and slander. The trial court directed a verdict against appellee on all grounds except those relating to slander. Tucker was a former employee of Shearson who was terminated for violating a Shearson company policy. Tucker alleged that a Shearson senior vice-president of sales, Jonathon Wilde, made statements that Tucker (1) was going to lose his license as a broker; (2) was in big trouble with the Securities and Exchange Commission; and (3) would never…
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