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ESPERANZA TRANSMISSION CO. v. SCHNEIDER

No. 13-85-421-CV.

714 S.W.2d 401 (1986)

ESPERANZA TRANSMISSION CO., Appellant, v. Barry SCHNEIDER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Smith, Port Lavaca, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Dallas, for appellant.

Rockne Onstad, R. Dan Fontaine, Houston, Delbert Cox, Refugio, for appellee.

Before NYE, C.J., and KENNEDY and DORSEY, JJ.

OPINION

KENNEDY, Justice.

Esperanza Transmission Company appeals a judgment against it awarding Barry Schneider $286,302.90 in actual damages and $1,500,000.00 in exemplary damages. We reverse and render.

In November 1983, a Ford pickup truck owned by Esperanza collided with a Datsun pickup driven by Kathryn Linney. Appellee Schneider was a passenger in the Linney vehicle. Alfred Havelka, Esperanza's employee, had driven the pickup to a dance in...

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