A jury awarded a Fort Worth-area family $21.6 million after finding a contractor responsible for construction defects that the family’s attorneys said exposed them to sewer gas, mold and other hazardous conditions inside their home.
The verdict came Tuesday after about two hours of deliberations in the case brought by Ronny and Mandy McCoy against NAE Enterprises, which does business as NAE Contracting, according to a news release from the family’s attorneys at Just Well Law. The trial began Oct. 5 in the 67th District Court of Tarrant County.
The jury awarded more than $21.6 million, including $10 million in exemplary damages against NAE. The firm’s release said the jury found knowing and intentional violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, along with breach of implied warranty, negligence, negligent hiring and supervision, and gross negligence. The gross-negligence finding and exemplary award were unanimous…