Walmart must pay almost $35 million to one of its former truck drivers after a California jury found the retailer had falsely accused him of workers’ compensation fraud and wrongfully terminated him.

A San Bernardino County jury this week ordered Walmart to pay driver Jesus “Jesse” Fonseca $25 million in punitive damages, plus $9.7 million for future non-economic losses including enjoyment of life and mental suffering. The jury found that Walmart had falsely accused him of violating its integrity policy under its statement of ethics, attorneys for Fonseca said in a statement to CBS MoneyWatch.

Walmart did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Fonseca, who worked at Walmart’s Apple Valley distribution center in San Bernardino County for 14 years, was injured when another semi-truck slammed into his Walmart semi-truck from behind during a June 2017 shift for the company, his attorneys alleged in a 2019 lawsuit against the retailer.

He filed a workers’ compensation claim for his injuries, and was instructed by doctors not to push, pull or lift anything over 10 pounds, as well as to stop driving a commercial vehicle. Walmart failed to accommodate these work restrictions, the lawsuit alleges.