Punitive Damages Reform: SB 5 (1987).

Texas

Requires a plaintiff to show that a defendant’s actions were fraudulent, malicious, or grossly negligent.  Limits the award of punitive damages to the greater of four times the amount of actual damages or $200,000.

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