STURGES v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 09-96-315 CV.

39 S.W.3d 608 (1998)

Harry W. STURGES, III, et al, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., et al, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided July 30, 1998.

Publication Ordered March 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris C. Gore, Dallas, Carl Parker, Parker & Park, LLP, Port Arthur, for appellant.

J. Preston Wrotenbery, Kevin D. Jewell, Magenheim, Bateman, Robinson, Wrotenbery & Helfand, P.L.L.C., Houston, for appellee.

Before WALKER, C.J., BURGESS and STOVER, JJ.


OPINION

BURGESS, Justice.

Harry W. Sturges, III, Dick Ford, Bruce Whitehead, and J.D. Martin, III, individually and on behalf of Gulf Coast Investment Group, brought suit against Wal-Mart for breach of contract and tortious interference with prospective business relations. A jury awarded them $1,000,000 in actual damages, and $500,000 in exemplary damages in a bifurcated trial. Sturges, et al, appeal the exemplary damage award and bring two points of error...

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