DocketNumber： 14-06-00704-CV
Filed Date： 10/9/2008
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 9/15/2015
Reversed and Remanded; and Supplemental Opinion filed October 9, 2008.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-06-00704-CV
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REPIPE, INC., Appellant
V.
JAMES E. TURPIN, Appellee
On Appeal from the 129th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2004-30283
S U P P L E M E N T A L O P I N I O N
On July 29, 2008, we issued our original opinion in this case, suggesting a remittitur of $50,057.73 from the Final Judgment issued by the trial court. We further provided that if such remittitur was filed within twenty-one days from the date of our opinion, we would modify the trial court=s judgment to reflect the award of $244,666.75 in compensatory damages, affirm that portion of the judgment as modified, reverse the portion of the judgment awarding attorneys= fees, and remand the case for retrial solely on the issue of attorneys= fees.
On July 29, 2008, appellee filed a remittitur with the clerk of this court, stating that he Adesires to and does remit $50,057.73 of that Judgment in order to obviate any need for new trial except as to attorneys= fees, as suggested by the Appellate Court in its Opinion.@ We therefore issue this supplemental opinion, and in accordance with our original opinion and appellee=s timely-filed remittitur, we modify the trial court=s judgment to reflect the award of $244,666.75 in compensatory damages (consisting of $228,386.70 in compensation as a part-time employee from June 2004 to June 2005, and $16,280.05 as the accrued but unpaid 2003 non-financial bonus), affirm the award of actual damages as modified, reverse the portion of the judgment awarding attorneys= fees, and remand the case for retrial of that issue. Our original opinion remains otherwise in effect.
/s/ Eva M. Guzman
Justice
Judgment rendered and Supplemental Opinion filed October 9, 2008.
Panel consists of Justice Yates, Guzman, and Boyce.