Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Reeves

PEDEN, Justice.

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company appeals from a judgment in favor of Ray P. Reeves based on breach of contract and negligence arising from the company’s having failed for about a year to intercept calls to his old telephone number and give callers his new office number. He was awarded actual damages of $10,000 and exemplary damages of $50,000. The company asserts that there was no evidence and insufficient evidence to support the jury findings of 1) unreasonableness of the tariff 2) proximate cause 3) gross negligence 4) malice 5) res ipsa loquitur 6) negligence and 7)…