Glenn Vickery and Dianne Richards, Petitioners v. Helen Roberta Vickery, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment, holding that the jury’s awards of mental anguish and punitive damages for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty were permissible, that the jury instructions on actual fraud were proper, and that the division of the marital estate was justified. The Court rejected arguments that such tort actions were barred by Schlueter and that mental‑anguish damages were barred by Douglas, and it declined to remand the case.