Carnation Co. v. Borner

CAMPBELL, Justice.

This is a wrongful termination case. Trial was to a jury which found that Defendant Carnation wrongfully and maliciously terminated its employee, Plaintiff Borner, under Article 8307c. The trial court rendered judgment against Carnation for actual and exemplary damages. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the judgment of the trial court. 588 S.W.2d 814. We affirm the judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals.

Borner was employed by Carnation for eighteen years from 1955 until his discharge on August 10, 1973. In October 1971, Bor-ner was hit by a stack of falling crates and…