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ZORRILLA v. AYPCO CONST. II, LLC

No. 14-0067.

469 S.W.3d 143 (2015)

Mirta ZORRILLA, Petitioner, v. AYPCO CONSTRUCTION II, LLC and Jose Luis Munoz, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Opinion Delivered: June 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Wright , Wright & Close LLP, Houston, for H.E. Trans. Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Charles Roy , First Asst. Atty. Gen., Scott A. Keller , Warren Kenneth Paxton , Atty. Gen., Austin, for State of Texas, Amicus Curiae.

Bryan O. Blevins Jr. , Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Austin, Michael G. Guajardo , Guajardo & Marks, LLP, Dallas, Peter M. Kelly , Durham & Pittard, L.L.P., Houston, for Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Amicus Curiae.

Brandy Wingate Voss , McAllen, Maitreya Tomlinson , D. Todd Smith , Austin, Smith Law Group, PC, Kelly K. McKinnis , Edinburg, for Mirta Zorrilla, Petitioner.

Brian J. Hansen , Richard W. Fryer , Fryer & Hansen, PLLC, McAllen, J. W. Dyer , Dyer & Associates, McAllen, for Aypco Construction II, LLC and Jorge Luis Munoz , Respondents.

In this residential construction dispute, the paramount issue on appeal is whether the statutory cap on exemplary damages is waived if not pleaded as an affirmative defense or avoidance. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 94 (requiring pleading and proof of affirmative defenses and avoidances); see also...

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