DALWORTH TRUCKING CO. v. BULEN

No. 06-95-00100-CV.

924 S.W.2d 728 (1996)

DALWORTH TRUCKING COMPANY and Billy Halbert, Appellants, v. Donnell BULEN, Individually and as Next Friend for Ricky Oliver Bulen, III, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided April 24, 1996.

Rehearing Overruled July 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Pruessner, Cherl K. Harper, Fletcher & Springer, Dallas, for Appellants.

John Howie, Howie & Sweeney, L.L.P., Dallas, Jack K. Robinson, Jr., Howie & Sweeney, L.L.P., Greenville, Barbara Rosenberg, Fred Misko, Jr., P.C., David Weiner, Dallas, for Appellees.

William C. Terry, Bonham, Atty. Ad Litem, for Ricky O. Bulen, III.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., and BLEIL and GRANT, JJ.


OPINION

CORNELIUS, Chief Justice.

Donnell Bulen and Ricky Bulen, III sued Dalworth Trucking Company and Billy Halbert to recover damages because of the death of Ricky Bulen, Jr. in a truck collision. The jury found for the Bulens generally, and the court rendered judgment against Dalworth and Halbert for $1.3 million compensatory damages and against Dalworth for $1 million punitive damages.

Dalworth and Halbert do not contest the award of compensatory...

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