Naegeli Transportation v. Gulf Electroquip, Inc.

OPINION

LEE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict awarding Gulf Electroquip (Gulf) $175,000 damages in contract, plus attorney’s fees. Naegeli Transportation (Naegeli) appeals the trial court’s submission of a special issue awarding lost profits, the omission of an instruction on the foreseeability of lost profits, the sufficiency of evidence to support a finding of lost profits, and the trial court’s refusing to allow its expert on damages. We affirm.

The record reflects that on or about August 2, 1978, Gulf entered into a contract with Naegeli, to have the latter haul a transformer…