Legal Opinion
Bohatch v. Butler & Binion
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided August 31, 1995No. 14-93-00903-CVPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
YATES, Justice.
All parties appeal a jury verdict in favor of Colette Bohatch and against the law firm of Butler & Binion and individual members of its management committee for breach of a partnership agreement and breach of a fiduciary duty. 1 The jury awarded Bohatch $307,000.00 in actual damages against all defendants and also awarded $4 million in punitive damages against partners Louis B. Paine, Jr., R. Hayden Bums, and John K. McDonald, individually. 2 The final judgment reduced the punitive damages against the three partners to $237,141.00. In eleven points of error, Bohatch…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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3Cited by29 opinions
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