Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Cockrell, Karl W.

NUMBER 13-00-145-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI

WAL-MART STORES, INC. , Appellant,

v.

KARL W. COCKRELL , Appellee.

On appeal from the 23rd District Court

of Matagorda County, Texas.

O P I N I O N

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Dorsey and Rodriguez

Opinion by Justice Dorsey

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…