Amici: Asbestos Case Blows Hole In Workers’ Comp, Would Increase Punitive Damages

Mealey's (November 26, 2018, 1:49 PM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — Allowing a plaintiff to recover $15 million in punitive damages in an asbestos case against an employer threatens to confuse gross negligence with the standard for negligence and blow a “grievous hole” in the workers’ compensation system, an amicus curiae tells the Texas Supreme Court in a Nov. 19  brief (The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Vicki Lynn Rogers, et al., No. 18-0056, Texas Sup.)....