Bunton v. Bentley

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• holding that petitioner’s [ ] ″complaint that the exemplary damages were 10 Sapphire cites to Parks v. Developers Surety & Indemnity Co., 302 S.W.3d 920, 924 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2010, no pet.
• observing that “ordinarily, an appellant waives any complaint about the trial court’s judgment that is not raised in the court of appeals”
• stating that exemplary damages must be “reasonable and proportionate to the amount of harm to the plaintiff and to the general damages recovered”
• requiring appellate court to address whether exemplary damages are excessive when compared to actual damages even if not raised on appeal
• noting Due Process Clause and Fourteenth Amendment prohibit imposition of grossly excessive or arbitrary punishments on a tortfeasor
• discussing “the relationship between the actual harm suffered and the exemplary damages awarded” (emphasis added)

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