HORIZON HEALTH v. ACADIA HEALTHCARE

No. 15-0819.

520 S.W.3d 848 (2017)

HORIZON HEALTH CORPORATION, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent v. ACADIA HEALTHCARE COMPANY, INC.; Psychiatric Resource Partners, Inc.; Michael A. Saul; Timothy J. Palus; Peter D. Ulasewicz; Barbara H. Bayma; and John M. Piechocki, Respondents/Cross-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: May 26, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darren Lee McCarty , Alston & Bird LLP, Dallas, for Amicus Curiae Balcombe, Jeff D.

Alan W. Hersh , Kendyl T. Hanks , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Austin, Mary Olga Lovett , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Houston, Natalie D. Thompson , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Dallas, Richard D. Hayes , Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP, Denton, Victor D. Vital , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Dallas, for Petitioner.

Jeffery T. Nobles , Deans & Lyons, L.L.P., Houston, Alia Susan Wynne , Stephen J. Roppolo , Fisher & Phillips LLP, Houston, Grace Ann Weatherly , R. William (Bill) Wood , Wood Thacker & Weatherly, P.C., Denton, Jesse L. Cromwell , Cobb Martinez & Woodward PLLC, Dallas, Nicholas D. Stepp , Akerman LLP, Houston, Richard D. Hayes , Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP, Denton, for Respondents.


In this case, we must determine whether the court of appeals erred in concluding that the evidence of the petitioner's future lost profits was legally insufficient to support the jury's award and whether the exemplary damages award is unconstitutionally excessive despite the court of appeals' suggested...

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