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.

A jury ruled that Walmart must pay a former employee almost $35 million after finding that the retailer defamed him.

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

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,