Kmart 7411: Difference between revisions

| closed = November 12, 1997

'''Kmart #7411''' was a [[Kmart]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Kmart Shopping Center (Texas City, Texas)|Kmart Shopping Center]], [[3502 Palmer Highway (Texas City, Texas)|3502 Palmer Highway]] in [[Texas City, Texas|Texas City]], [[Texas]]. The store opened November 13, 1980<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72251786/the-galveston-daily-news/ K Mart unveils TC store at 9], [[The Galveston Daily News]], November 13, 1980, front page.</ref> and closed November 12, 1997.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bQbJ704l5I8hkf4hUNa7IyYzGW5I3CIBYmqigrRLD7g/edit "Kmart latest"] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref> In 1981, an employee at the store sued Kmart after the store's management searched through her personal locker while looking for a missing watch. She was initially awarded $108,000 in damages, but that decision was reversed by the Texas Court of Appeals in 1984, which found that the managers' actions would not be "highly offensive to a reasonable person" and so did not violate the employee's right to privacy.<ref>[https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2468284/k-mart-corp-store-no-7441-v-trotti/ K-Mart Corp. Store No. 7441 ''<nowiki>[sic]</nowiki>'' v. Trotti, 677 S.W.2d 632 (Tex. App. 1984)], via courtlistener.com. Note that the store number is incorrect in this source; [[Kmart 7441|Kmart #7441]] did not open until 1992.</ref>