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Evil Intent Behind Firing Doesn’t Matter, Texas Supreme Court Holds

By Barry Barnett on April 20, 2012

A firm fires an employee for the sole reason (say) that she refused to murder the CEO of the firm's main rival. May a jury consider, in deciding whether to award the employee punitive damages, the firm's murderous motive that resulted in the firing?

No, the Supreme Court of Texas held today. No matter how…

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Barnett is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a partner in Susman Godfrey’s Dallas and New York offices, and a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School. With three decades of trial work representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Barnett is a master strategist in complex commercial litigation.

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