Cooper v. Boyar

HALL, Justice.

Appellees Bradford Boyar and Ted Sim-erson brought this suit against appellant Gail Cooper for actual and exemplary damages alleging that Cooper willfully and maliciously committed an assault upon them with a pistol. Cooper answered with a general denial, a plea of self-defense of his person, and a counterclaim against Boyar and Simerson for actual and exemplary damages based upon pleadings that Boyar and Simerson assaulted him.

The evidence shows without contradiction that at the time in question Boyar and Simerson were employees of Dallas Flight Center. Cooper was president of…