· 10/15/1998
Seminole Pipeline Co., MAPCO, Inc. v. Broad Leaf Partners, Inc.
Citations
- 979 S.W.2d 730
- 142 Oil & Gas Rep. 338
- 1998 Tex. App. LEXIS 6677
- 1998 WL 723898
How courts have described this case
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- stating that Likes bars personal-injury-type damages such as mental anguish in a case alleging negligent property damage
- holding counsel’s remarks were equivocal and did not rise to the level of judicial admissions
- approving the trial court’s award of punitive damages limited to the cap to each plaintiff
- statutory cap on punitive damages affects only public punishment interests and does not infringe on plaintiff's right to a jury trial
- statutory cap on punitive damages affects only public punishment interests and does not infringe on plaintiff's right to \open courts\
- rejecting the argument that the parent’s corporate structure evidenced “control”
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Judges: Yates, Hudson, Fowler
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