Wal-Mart Asks Texas High Court To Bar Optometrists' Award

By Paul DeBenedetto · June 9, 2015, 9:19 PM EDT

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has asked the Texas Supreme Court to rule on a question from the Fifth Circuit that penalties stemming from the Texas Optometry Act are exemplary damages and therefore...

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Case Information

Case Title

Doris Forte, et al v. Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated

Case Number

Court

Appellate - 5th Circuit

Nature of Suit

4190 Other Contract Actions

Date Filed

July 31, 2012

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