Carrell v. Richie

BRADY, Justice.

Appellant Carrell appeals from a judgment reached after a bench trial in which appellee Richie was awarded $25,000 actual and $75,000 exemplary damages for assault. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On July 12, 1983, appellant Carrell went to appellee’s office over a dispute concerning payment of a real estate commission earned by appellee. Appellant became embroiled in a violent argument, tore up a demand letter that appellee had previously written to him and threw it into appellee’s face. Appellant then pushed or flipped ap-pellee’s desk over, breaking it into…