Rational Connections

In Gregory v. Chohan, reversing the en banc Fifth Court, the Texas Supreme Court reversed an award of mental-anguish damages:

“To guard against arbitrary outcomes and to ensure that damages awards are genuinely compensatory, the plaintiff in a wrongful death case should be required to demonstrate a rational connection, grounded in the evidence, between the injuries suffered and the dollar amount awarded.” 

No. 21-0017 (Tex. June 16, 2023).