Legal Opinion
Lee Lewis Construction, Inc. v. Harrison
Texas Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 2002No. 99-0793PublishedCited by 670 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hankinson
in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice ENOCH, Justice BAKER, Justice O’NEILL, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.
Following Jimmy Harrison’s fatal fall from the tenth story of a construction site where Lee Lewis Construction, Inc., (LLC) was the general contractor, the Harrison family brought a wrongful death *782and survival action against LLC, alleging negligence and gross negligence. The trial court rendered judgment on the jury’s verdict against LLC and awarded $7.9 million in compensatory damages plus prejudgment interest and $5 million in punitive damages. LLC appealed. The court of appeals…
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