IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 95-40883
JANEY BRISENO; PATRICIA HARGUS,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
versus
WAL-MART STORES, INC.,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Southern District of Texas
(V-93-CV-29)
September 24 1996
Before GARWOOD, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.*
PER CURIAM
Defendant-appellant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. appeals the judgment
on the jury verdict in favor of plaintiffs-appellees Briseno and
Hargus, contending that it was error to deny its Rule 50 motions
for judgment as a matter of law because there was no sufficient
evidence of any false imprisonment of either plaintiff, nor of any
*
Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
compensable mental anguish, which was the only element of damages
submitted to the jury. After considering the argument of counsel,
the briefs, and the relevant portions of the record, this Court
concludes that Wal-Mart's arguments are without merit and that
there was sufficient evidence to take the case to the jury.
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
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