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,