Supreme Court of Texas

Trial court did not abuse its discretion by striking plaintiff's pleadings and imposing death penalty sanctions when plaintiff violated the court's orders by deliberately destroying dispositive evidence sought by defendant in discovery.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/01/2003
• Decided 04/23/2004
• Published 04/23/2004

Judges

• Justice SCHNEIDER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Byron G. Lee,Carol Patricia Keough, Coats Rose Yale Ryman & Lee, P.C., Houston, Charles R. Watson Jr., Mullin Hoard & Brown, L.L.P., Amarillo, for petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• L.T.“ Butch” Bradt, Telschik Law Firm, Houston, for respondent.