Texas Supreme Court
Federal Express Corporation, Petitioner v. Marcie Dutschmann, Respondent
February 3, 1993846 S.W.2d 282
Summary
The Texas Supreme Court held that no employment contract existed between Federal Express and Dutschmann despite the handbook's Guaranteed Fair Treatment Procedure, affirmed actual damages based on retaliatory discharge, and reversed the punitive damages award because no independent tort damages were found.