A California-based driver for Walmart has been awarded $34.7 million in a lawsuit in which he alleged the giant retailer had defamed and discriminated against him after he suffered an injury while on the job.
Jesus “Jesse” Fonseca had been a driver out of Walmart’s distribution center in Apple Valley, California. That city is in San Bernardino County in the area known as the Inland Empire. It was a jury in San Bernardino County that handed down the award; the lawsuit originally had been filed in...