Legal Opinion
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Cockrell
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided November 29, 2001No. 13-00-145-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DORSEY, Justice.
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., appeals from a judgment, following a jury verdict, finding that it had assaulted and falsely imprisoned a suspected shoplifter, Karl Cockrell. Based upon these findings the jury awarded Cockrell $300,000 for past mental anguish. The question raised on appeal is whether the evidence is legally and factually sufficient to support the verdict. We affirm.
I. FACTS
On November 6, 1996, Karl Cockrell and his parents went to the layaway department at a Wal-Mart store. Cockrell stayed for about five minutes and decided to leave. As he was going out the…
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