Mobil Oil Corp. v. Ellender

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, HECHT, ENOCH, SPECTOR, ABBOTT, and HANKINSON, Justices, join.

In this appeal, Mobil Oil Corporation asserts that the court of appeals erred by: (1) affirming the punitive damages awarded against Mobil because there is legally insufficient evidence of gross negligence and malice; (2) improperly reviewing the factual sufficiency of the punitive damages award; (3) recalculating the punitive damages award to include an extra $91,555.58; and (4) denying Mobil a $500,000 settlement credit. We hold that: (1) there is legally sufficient evidence of gross…