Custom Transit, L.P., Richway Cartage, Inc., and Custom Operations, LLC v. Flatrolled Steel, Inc.

OPINION

WILLIAM J. BOYCE, Justice.

Custom Transit, L.P., Custom Operations, LLC, and Richway Cartage, Inc., appeal from a judgment in favor of Flat-rolled Steel, Inc. following a jury trial.

We affirm the trial court’s judgment as to contract damages and attorney’s fees awarded against Custom Transit and Custom Operations. We reverse the trial court’s judgment as to actual damages for negligence and exemplary damages awarded against Richway, and render judgment that Flatrolled take nothing from Richway.

BACKGROUND

I. The Parties

Flatrolled is a Houston-based company that buys and sells carbon…