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WRIGHT v. GIFFORD-HILL & CO. INC.

No. 10-85-025-CV.

736 S.W.2d 828 (1987)

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

Court of Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

OPINION

THOMAS, Justice.

This is a suit for exemplary damages under the Texas Worker's Compensation Act. See Tex.Rev.Civ.Stat.Ann. art. 8306, § 5 (Vernon 1967). Reva Wright, the surviving spouse of Charles Wright, obtained favorable jury findings of gross negligence, proximate cause and exemplary damages of $450,000 against Gifford-Hill & Co., Inc., her husband's employer. The jury also answered the comparative-negligence issue by apportioning...

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