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BELLEFONTE UNDERWRITERS INS. CO. v. BROWN

No. C-2797.

704 S.W.2d 742 (1986)

BELLEFONTE UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Petitioners, v. Leon BROWN, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.B. Cousins, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, Royal H. Brin, Jr., Strasburger & Price, Dallas, for petitioners.

Newton B. Schwartz, Newton B. Schwartz, P.C., Houston, Guy Cade Fisher, Fisher & Cook, Austin, Charles E. Blackley, Judge, Co. Court at Law, New Braunfels, Al Schulman, Smith, Schulman, Rawitscher & Carnahan, Houston, for respondents.

ROBERTSON, Justice.

This appeal involves claims for breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, punitive damages, libel, attorney's fees and violation of the Texas Insurance Code. Our concern is with the award of punitive damages. The case was tried to a jury which found damages for breach of an insurance contract, but failed to find any damage resulting from the allegations of tortious interference with contract. Although the jury found no damages in...

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