City of Gladewater v. Pike

GRANT, Justice.

The City of Gladewater and Gladewater Memorial Park appeal a judgment awarding $2,000.00 in actual damages and $20,-000.00 in punitive damages for the failure to keep records of the location of the grave of the infant son and brother of the appel-lees.

Gladewater contends that the trial court erred in holding the municipality liable for exemplary damages, in allowing the jury to make a finding on gross negligence, and further complains that the evidence is not sufficient to support exemplary damages or to support the jury’s proximate cause finding on the actual damages.

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