Walmart must pay driver $34 million for defamation

Walmart must pay driver $34 million for defamation after jury finds false claims of fraud
A California jury found Walmart defamed a driver with false claims of workers' compensation fraud, and now the company must pay the former worker more than $34 million in damages. Filed in the California Superior Court in San Bernardino County, the two ...
Walmart must pay driver it accused of fraud $35 million, jury says
A jury ruled that Walmart must pay a former employee almost $35 million after finding that the retailer defamed him.
Walmart accused truck driver of fraud, suit says. Now, it must pay him $35 million
Afterward, Fonseca filed a worker’s compensation claim and went on medical leave, according to his attorneys. His doctors ordered that he be restricted from driving, “bending or stooping” at work, deRubertis’ law firm said in a Nov. 20 news release.
Former Walmart truck driver awarded $34.7 million by San Bernardino County jury
A former Walmart truck driver was awarded $34.7 million after a San Bernardino County jury determined that the company falsely accused him of fraud before firing him while he was on medical leave. Jesus “Jesse” Fonseca worked as a truck driver for Walmart’s Apple Valley Distribution Center for 14 years before he was hurt on the job when another vehicle rear ended his truck on a highway,
Former Walmart truck driver falsely accused of fraud awarded $34.7 million by California jury
Jesus Fonseca worked as a truck driver for Walmart for 14 years before he was hurt on the job when another vehicle rear ended his truck on a highway. After Fonseca filed a workers’ compensation
Former truck driver wins $34.7 million defamation verdict against Walmart
The driver was fired because he drove an RV on a family trip while his doctors had restricted him from driving an 18-wheeler semi-truck.

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