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HAMMERLY OAKS, INC. v. EDWARDS

No. 95-1270.

958 S.W.2d 387 (1997)

HAMMERLY OAKS, INC., Petitioner, v. Darrell EDWARDS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided December 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Preston Wrotenbery, Robert H. Bateman, Kevin D. Jewell, Magenheim, Bateman, Robinson, Wrotenbery and Halfand, Houston, for petitioner.

Jim L. Peacock, Gerald M. Birnberg, Matt E. Rubin, Houston, for respondent.

OWEN, Justice, delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

The sole point of controversy in this case is the award of punitive damages. In Texas, a corporation may be liable for exemplary damages if it committed gross negligence through the actions or inactions of a vice principal. The court of appeals held that there was some evidence that the leasing agent of a corporate owner of an apartment complex was a vice principal...

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