Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Puckett
Texas Court of Appeals, 9th District (Beaumont)
Decided August 27, 1998No. 09-97-070 CVPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURGESS, Justice.
Lauri Puckett, DeAnn Carlton and Cheryl Shirley (appellees) brought suit against Dr. George N. Stokes for assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress. A jury awarded them actual and punitive damages. Stokes appeals bringing eight points of error. Appellees bring three cross points.
In his first point of error, Stokes alleges the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict because the evidence is legally insufficient to support the jury’s finding of intentional infliction of emotional distress. In his second point of…
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