Texas Supreme Court

Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc., Petitioner v. M. P. Anderson, Respondent

June 12, 1975524 S.W.2d 681

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the reduced award of actual damages for temporary land injury but reversed the award of exemplary damages, holding that Atlas did not act with the gross negligence required for punitive damages and that the negligence claim was not barred by the two‑year statute of limitations because the injury was temporary.