Legal Opinion

K-Mart Corp. Store No. 7441 v. Trotti

Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)

Decided August 2, 1984No. 01-83-00701-CVPublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BULLOCK, Justice.

K-Mart Corporation appeals from a judgment awarding the appellee, Trotti, $8,000.00 in actual damages and $100,-000.00 in exemplary damages for invasion of privacy.

We reverse and remand.

The appellee was an employee in the hosiery department at the appellants’ store number 7441. Her supervisors had never indicated any dissatisfaction with her work nor any suspicion of her honesty.

The appellants provided their employees with lockers for the storage of personal effects during working hours. There was no assignment of any given locker to any individual employee. The…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. In Re King's EstateTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Garza v. AlviarTexas Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Alamo National Bank v. KrausTexas Supreme Court · 1981
  4. Industrial Foundation of the South v. Texas Industrial Accident BoardTexas Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Billings v. AtkinsonTexas Supreme Court · 1973

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Texaco, Inc. v. Pennzoil, Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1987
  2. Sarah Borse v. Piece Goods Shop, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1992
  3. Farrington v. Sysco Food Services, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1993
  4. Worsham Steel Co. v. Arias, Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)1992
  5. Lee-Wright, Inc. v. Hall, Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)1992

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