Harris County jury awards woman $9 million for wrongful arrest at Wal-Mart
A Houston, Texas jury has awarded $9 million to a 24-year-old Houston woman wrongly arrested at a Wal-Mart.
The Houston Chronicle reports that a Harris County court jury Friday determined that Wal-Mart Stores Texas should pay $8.2 million in actual damages and another $826,000 in punitive damages.
Nitra Gipson filed a civil lawsuit after she was arrested when store employees accused her of trying to exchange counterfeit money orders for cash. But the Harris County district attorney’s office declined to pursue charges after investigators determined that the money orders were authentic.
The newspaper reports that Wal-Mart lawyers later sent her a letter alleging that she owed the retailer money for taking merchandise.
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