Stevens v. National Education Centers, Inc.

National Education Centers, as Cross-Petitioner, challenges the jury’s mental anguish damages award on the ground that the jury question on mental anguish was harmful error. The jury question at issue asked the jury to assess damages, if any, for past and future “mental anxiety, humiliation, and embarrassment.” In Parkway Co. v. Woodruff, 901 S.W.2d 484, 444 (Tex.1995), this Court held that a mental anguish damages award requires evidence of a “high degree of mental pain and distress” that is “more than mere worry, anxiety, vexation, embarrassment, or an ger.” Consequently, the jury question…