Legal Opinion
Rainbow Express, Inc. v. Unkenholz
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 3, 1989No. 9714PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Justice.
In a personal injury action, Billy Joe Unkenholz obtained a judgment against Rainbow Express, Inc. for $38,155 for past damages, $176,200 for future damages and $150,000 for exemplary damages. Rainbow appeals the finding of gross negligence, the award for exemplary damages, and damages awarded for future physical pain.
Rainbow alleges that the trial court erred in submitting the gross negligence issue to the jury, in allowing exemplary damages in the absence of legally or factually sufficient evidence to support such damages, in instructing the jury that acts and omissions of…
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