Texas juries are known for awarding “nuclear verdicts” and these awards are growing. Personal injuries —even relatively minor in nature—can result in jury awards creating generational wealth, whereas in the past reasonable damage awards were entered. Texas appellate courts have taken steps to reel in these runaway awards. In 2023, the Supreme Court of Texas took some needed steps in correcting the exponentially increasing verdicts. In Gregory v. Chohan, the Supreme Court sought to correct a jury…
By: Phelps Dunbar
By: Phelps Dunbar
