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· 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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