AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas appeals court on Friday upheld a judgment finding Alex Jones and his Infowars company liable to the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, but sharply reduced the punitive damages they were awarded.

In an opinion issued by the Texas Third Court of Appeal, the judges said Sandy Hook parents Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis did not provide evidence that the harassment inflamed by Jones' hoax claim was enough to exceed the state's $750,000 cap on punitive damages for each plaintiff.

According to the Associated Press, the ruling will not impact the $1. 25 billion judgment against Jones in Connecticut, where he was also found liable for defaming and causing emotional distress to families of the 20 first-graders and six teachers in the Newtown shooting.