MISSOURI VALLEY, INC. v. PUTMAN

No. 9145.

627 S.W.2d 829 (1982)

MISSOURI VALLEY, INC., Appellant, v. Juanita Lucille PUTMAN, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Amarillo.

January 29, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stokes & Fields, Thomas D. Farris, Richard E. Stokes, Jr., Amarillo, for appellant.

C. J. Humphrey, Amarillo, for appellees.

Before REYNOLDS, C. J., and DODSON and COUNTISS, JJ.


REYNOLDS, Chief Justice.

Juanita Lucille Putman, individually and as next friend for her two minor children, sought exemplary damages from, and recovered a $50,000 jury verdict judgment against, Missouri Valley, Inc. for its gross negligence resulting in the death of her husband, Haskell B. Putman, Jr. On appeal, we sustained Missouri Valley's no evidence points, reversed the trial court's judgment and rendered a take-nothing judgment. We held as a matter of law that...

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