Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Lee

Annabelle Clinton Imber, Justice.

Appellant Wal- Mart Stores, Inc., appeals from a judgment entered on September 6, 2000, in favor of Appellee David Clark and from the denial of its posttrial motions. A jury found in favor of David Clark on the issues of defamation, false-light invasion of privacy, and intrusion invasion of privacy. The judgment awarded by the jury totaled $651,000 in compensatory damages and $1,000,000 in punitive damages, plus costs and interest. We affirm.

In 1998, employees in the Wal-Mart Maintenance Department informed their supervisors that fellow employees Gene…