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ATLAS CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC. v. ANDERSON

No. B-4834.

524 S.W.2d 681 (1975)

ATLAS CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Petitioner, v. M. P. ANDERSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

June 12, 1975.

Rehearing Denied July 9, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strasburger, Price, Kelton, Martin & Unis, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, Joe Bailey Allen, Kilgore, for petitioner.

Sharp, Ward & Ross, Earl Sharp, Longview, Paul W. Anderson, Marshall, L. F. Burke, Longview, Clark, Thomas, Winters & Shapiro, Mary Joe Carroll, Austin, for respondent.

STEAKLEY, Justice.

A jury awarded M. P. Anderson compensatory and exemplary damages for pollution to his land caused by the industrial discharge of Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc. The Court of Civil Appeals reduced the amount of compensatory damages and affirmed. 514 S.W.2d 309. We affirm the reduced award of compensatory damages but reverse and render with respect to the award of exemplary damages.

M. P. Anderson instituted...

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