$242 Million Jury Award Cut To $209 Million To Meet Texas Statutory Damages Cap

Mealey's (November 12, 2018, 6:24 PM EST) -- DALLAS — A Texas judge on Oct. 26 reduced a jury award to a couple and their two children from $242.1 million to $208.9 million to comply with the state’s statutory cap on economic damages.  The jury found Toyota Motor Corp. responsible for most of the award in litigation over severe injuries the children sustained during a rear-end collision that caused the front seats of family’s vehicle to collapse on them (Benjamin Thomas Reavis, et al. v. Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc., et al., No. 16-15296, Texas Dist., Dallas Co., 134th Jud. Dist.)....