Empire Gas, Inc. of Belle Mina v. Cartwright

ALMON, Justice.

Herman Cartwright brought an action alleging breach of contract and conversion against Empire Gas, Inc. of Belle Mina (“Empire Gas”). A jury awarded Cartwright $100 compensatory damages and $40,000 punitive damages, and the trial court entered a judgment on the verdict. Empire Gas argues that the court erred in overruling its objection to allegedly improper argument by Cartwright’s attorney; in denying its requested jury instruction regarding the imposition of punitive damages against an employer for acts of an employee; and in refusing to order a remittitur of the punitive…