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WRIGHT v. GIFFORD-HILL & CO., INC.

No. 10-85-025-CV.

705 S.W.2d 868 (1986)

Reva U. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. GIFFORD-HILL & CO., INC., et al, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Robertson, Robertson, Boyle, Golden & Arnold, Grand Prairie, Tony D. Crabtree, Dallas, for appellant.

R. Brent Cooper, Michael W. Huddleston, John M. Weaver, Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, for appellees.

OPINION

THOMAS, Justice.

This is a suit by a surviving spouse against her deceased husband's employer to recover exemplary damages under the Texas Worker's Compensation Act. See Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8306, § 5 (Vernon 1967). She obtained favorable jury findings of gross negligence, proximate cause and $450,000 in exemplary damages, but she failed to obtain a finding on actual damages. The court ignored the findings on the liability issues...

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