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.
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.
Former truck driver for Walmart in Apple Valley awarded $34.7 million in defamation case
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 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
Walmart accused truck driver of fraud, suit says. Now, it must pay him $35 million
A man who worked as a Walmart truck driver for 14 years had his life turned “upside down” when the company accused him of fraud and fired him following an on-the-job injury, his attorneys told a California jury at trial.

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