Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Teletron Energy Management, Inc.

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• holding that while modern business methods have cost a relaxation of the rigid rule entitling one to recover lost profits, the law still demands proof with a degree of certainty.
• holding that lost profits should be supported with data from which they may be ascertained with a reasonable degree of certainty and exactness and will not be supported by uncertain or speculative evidence
• holding that lost profits should be supported with data from which they may be ascertained with a reasonable degree of certainty and exactness and will not be supported by uncertain or speculative evidence
• concluding there was no evidence to prove lost profits with reasonable certainty and affirming trial court’s order granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict as to the lost-profits damages
• holding appellant who moved for judgment could not challenge the jury = s failure to award damages for future lost profits
• holding lost-profits award based on projected sales of a product not yet developed to the point of a working model too speculative because no evidence existed that the product had been sold to anyone

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