Keller Industries, Inc. v. Reeves

GAMMAGE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for personal injuries under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Tex.Bus. & Com.Code Ann. § 17.41 et seq. (Supp.1982) (hereafter DTPA), by which appellees were awarded $212,900 actual damages, trebled to $638,-700, and $97,037 attorneys’ fees. Under the judgment, certain credits, based upon the extent of appellate review pursued by appellants, are allowed against the attorneys’ fees. We will affirm the judgment of the trial court.

In April, 1979, Keller Industries, Inc. (hereafter Keller) manufactured a six-foot aluminum stepladder which…