Bellefonte Underwriters Insurance Co. v. Brown

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This appeal involves claims for breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, punitive damages, libel, attorney’s fees and violation of the Texas Insurance Code. Our concern is with the award of punitive damages. The case was tried to a jury which found damages for breach of an insurance contract, but failed to find any damage resulting from the allegations of tortious interference with contract. Although the jury found no damages in tort, it did find an amount as punitive damages. The trial court included the award of punitive damages in its judgment and the…