LEMMON, J., concurs and assigns reasons.
LEMMON, Justice, concurring in the denial of the application.
The issue of the right to recover punitive damages, as one of several items of damages demanded in the petition, generally should not be raised by an exception of no cause of action (or by motion to strike), because a pretrial ruling on the issue frequently results in piecemeal appeals and unwarranted delays (as occurred in this case).
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