Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code

§ 41.011 — EVIDENCE RELATING TO AMOUNT OF EXEMPLARY DAMAGES

CP § 41.011Title 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL · Part C. JUDGMENTS · Ch. 41. DAMAGES

(a)In determining the amount of exemplary damages, the trier of fact shall consider evidence, if any, relating to:

(1)the nature of the wrong;

(2)the character of the conduct involved;

(3)the degree of culpability of the wrongdoer;

(4)the situation and sensibilities of the parties concerned;

(5)the extent to which such conduct offends a public sense of justice and propriety; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 19, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.