Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Malone

in which GONZALEZ, SPECTOR, ABBOTT and HANKINSON, Justices, join, and in which PHILLPS, Chief Justice, and ENOCH, Justice, join in all but part II.B.l.

We granted applications for writ of error in these product liability cases to consider two issues. First, in Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation v. Malone, we consider what evidence, beyond a defendant’s net worth, is relevant and admissible when a defendant offers the evidence to mitigate punitive damages. Second, in Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation v. Wasiak, we consider whether the trial court’s punitive damage awards, either in this case…